what are Sorties?

Question

During the initial invasion of Iraq, I kept hearing CNN referring to Sorties....what does that mean?

Answer 1

Sorties are excursions out from a secure position. They are often small investigatory events but sometimes have a specific mission. Sometimes they can be by larger groups and are called "sorties in strength." Most often they are brief in duration -- a few hous or days -- and not meant to "hold" ground. Most often they are more than a "patrol" and less than an "advance." Sorties are engaged in by all branches of the military -- air force, army, marines, and navy -- but the navy uses the term less often.

Answer 2

A sortie in aviation means a flight. It can almost be interchangeable with mission, because each flight is actually a mission, even if it is only navigational training. You can also use sortie in place of scramble, in the event of an attack.

Answer 3

a sortie is how many flights a plane has made. If a bomber make 25 flights this month, he has 25 sorties. it just a name for round trips the plane takes.

Answer 4

Sortie is a term for deployment of one military aircraft or a ship for the purposes of a specific mission.

Answer 5

Sortie means mission or raid.

Answer 6

a sortie is another word for raid. in other words the army goes into enemy territory does what it wants to do(ie, blow something up) then returns back to its own position.

Answer 7

It's a combat flight mission, we also pulled just as much in Afghanistan.

Answer 8

it means anytime a troop goes anywhere out of area on military business.

Answer 9

in french it mean going out

Answer 10

Each trip the bombers took to drop bombs.