The phrase "a single sortie" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to military operations, gaming, or any situation where a single mission or trip is being described.
Example: "The pilot completed a single sortie before returning to base for refueling."
Alternatives: "one mission" or "a lone excursion."
Eight died in a single sortie once when she was lead pilot, as hulking Messerschmitts attacked them in the dazzle of the searchlights.
These days a plane with "smart" bombs can blast several targets in a single sortie, day or night, in good weather or bad.
It will be stealthy, subsonic, have a range of around 6,000 miles (9,650km) and be able to carry a big enough payload to destroy many targets during a single sortie.
That means, in turn, that you can fit five times as many bombs on a single plane and hit five times as many targets in a single sortie, which sounds good except that now you need to get intelligence on five times as many targets.
That means, in turn, that you can fit five times as many bombs on a single plane and hit five times as many targets in a single sortie, which sounds good — except that now you need to get intelligence on five times as many targets.
He shot down three Junkers Ju 87s in a single sortie near Mersa Matruh on 18 February 1941, the same action in which Gordon Steege claimed three.
The squadron had not flown a single training sortie before fighting began and had only two full crews ready for battle.
"Our greatest accomplishment was that we flew every single sortie the Air Force asked us to fly, despite the challenges we encountered," he said.
On each night this week, warplanes from the Enterprise have flown about 70 sorties, a sortie being a single flight by a single plane.
This research develops an agent based simulation model for application to the sortie generation process, focusing on a single fighter aircraft unit.
On 10 February 1945, after a bridge-busting sortie on the Drava river, a single ZNDH Dornier Do 17Z caught 1. Zagorska Brigada (1st Zagorje Brigade) marching in the open near Daruvar.
