1m USAF GWOT missions
Posted by Tim Stevens on 20 April 2008
Extraordinary statistic. Since 9/11 the US Air Force is closing in on 1,000,000 missions flown in the War on Terror, ‘the most deliberate, disciplined and precise air campaign in history’.
The figures:
- Operation Noble Eagle: 50,984 sorties (5.1%) (Estimate ~18 sorties/day)
- Operation Enduring Freedom: 193,908 sorties (19.6%) (Estimate ~85 sorties/day)
- Operation Iraqi Freedom: 352,856 sorties (35.6%) (Estimate ~200 sorties/day)
- Additional supporting airlift missions: 393,424 sorties (39.7%) (Estimate ~180 sorties/day)
Total Sorties in the Global War on Terror as of April 1: 991,172
The total number is expected to pass the 1m mark on April 21st, but could happen as early as the 20th with a small increase in current operations.
