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"I think we flew 46 [test] sorties in June, when 28 were scheduled; another indication that things are beginning to accelerate, " he said.

During the Cold War, the Navy's focus was generating at many fighter sorties as possible within the first few days of a full-scale conflict.

It would be a round-the-clock operation, with nine aircraft each required to fly three sorties a day.

But from here commanders supervise tens of thousands of sorties a year.

But now, in these recessionary times, she tends to avoid such public sorties .

Out of 28 NATO members, 14 committed military assets, but just eight were prepared to fly ground-attack sorties.

However, the objective is a further increase to 'surge'at up to 220 sorties a day during times of high operational tempo.

The first western sorties came after Gaddafi loyalists had bombed and moved into Benghazi, the last main rebel stronghold in eastern Libya.

The crew was used to flying refueling sorties over the North Atlantic .

British warplanes have been flying sorties and the briefing from British officials has not all been about the mood in Washington.

During the last five flying days, the crew of Raptor 2 cranked out over twenty flying hours during eight sorties an outstanding feat.

They launched 923 sorties , destroying 13 tanks and 76 trucks, holding up the deployment of the German tanks for most of the day.

Recent aerial sorties by both of those countries have forced Japanese jet fighters to scramble to intercept them.

He fortified Kedron, stationed horsemen and troops there to make sorties and to patrol the roads to Judea, as the king had commanded him.

Non-NATO Sweden and Jordan flew air patrols enforcing the no-fly zone, while both Qatar and the United Arab Emirates joined strike sorties.

Qaddafi sent two sorties of jets against the American fleet, which were promptly shot down.

The first Predator attack sorties were launched Thursday, though after the aircraft took off, weather conditions prevented any strikes.

Nato later confirmed that more than 10, 000 sorties have been flown since operations began at the end of March.

Non-NATOSweden and Jordan flew air patrols enforcing the no-fly zone, while both Qatarand the United Arab Emirates joined strike sorties.

The allies flew 175 sorties in 24 hours, with the U. S. flying 113 of those, a U. S. commander said.

Few people realize that not one sortie, with the exception of maybe some B-52 sorties, was flown without tanker support.

About a quarter of all NATO's Libyan sorties are now being flown by the Americans.

American aircraft are still flying most of the sorties over Libya.

Nato was debriefing the pilots who flew sorties, as well as reviewing data from their aircraft.

The four planes each made two sorties yesterday.

Before sundown on the 10th, 30 Shturmoviks flew three sorties in a row, blasting the known German positions.

The Predator, which routinely flies 20- to 24-hour sorties, patiently tracked them.

During the day, Germans flew 319 sorties; Allies 12, 015 (not one was interrupted by enemy air action).

Data show that day, February 2, 4850 to travelers for more than 42 inspection of aircraft sorties, reached its peak during the spring.

Endurance test of 10 typical flight sorties.

By mid-1941, Caldwell had flown about 40 operational sorties , but had only one confirmed kill - a Bf 109.

The 7, 000 sorties flown by Nato aircraft played a central role in the rebel victory.

According to the museum, this X-45 carried out 40 sorties, and became the first autonomous flight of a high-performance, combat UAV.

Instead it took five months of fighting and 17, 000 air sorties.

Compare that to the 50 to 60 sorties we can manage from a [current Invincible-class carrier] and you understand why we need CVF.

The Allied Troo flew 100, 000 sorties .

We flew 625 sorties and 1, 371 hours.

SIA quarter from the first week of the implementation of the situation, the capital flight out of Hong Kong airport a total of 8715 sorties.

send civil aviation flights arrived 61 sorties into the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong 3744, 2184 passengers departing passengers.

But there are limits to the number of sorties that Autosub can make, and it is too precious to lose