Sentences with phrase «air sorties»
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Its air wing conducted over 1,800 combat sorties that dropped over 1,085 guided munitions on Islamic State targets.
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US F - 16s have led the three - year air war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, flying 15 % of the sorties.
He said: «In continuation of the counter insurgency, the air component in the last one month conducted 286 operational sorties against terrorists» targets from 25 December to date in the Sambisa forest covering an area of 157,000 km2 which is equivalent to the total land mass of South Korea, Portugal and Togo in a total of 536 hours, 21 minutes were flown by various platforms engaged in the operations, «This translates into 316,637.5 litres of aviation fuel which amounts to N60.3 million, excluding the cost of maintenance and armament expended.»