During World War II, she participated in numerous patrols and sorties into the Mediterranean, both to escort Italian convoys to North Africa and in attempts to catch the British Mediterranean Fleet.
General Momyer ran the air war in Indochina, coordinating Air Force, Marine and South Vietnamese operations and some Navy sorties in the Gulf of Tonkin by carrier-based jets in the South China Sea.
We hid out in factory gantries and spotted targets for each other, flew choppers on wild sorties in the enemy's general direction, and took out a three-man squad in an instant with synchronised grenades.
On 8 August, the CAF performed its last combat sorties in the operation, striking tanks and armoured vehicles between Bosanski Novi and Prijedor, and two of its MiG-21s were damaged.
Since 17 March, planes have undertaken 15 sorties in the search area and "more than 150 hours of air time have been committed by the air crews to the task," Australian officials say.
These stealthy, highly maneuverable jets have flown thousands of sorties in the global war on terrorism.
According to the French military, France has flown about 4,500 flights, or sorties, in the five-month war, compared to more than 5,300 American sorties in roughly the same period.
She made 852 such sorties in the second world war as a pilot in the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later named the 46th Guards in honour of its courage.
Russian jets flew more than 90 attack sorties in the last 24 hours, the federal command said today, striking several towns, all in Russian-held areas.
BAE will be upgrading computers, displays, sensors and weapons on South Korea's 130-strong fleet of F16s, an aircraft built in the US in 1976 that has been involved in numerous conflicts, from sorties in the first Gulf war to enforcing the no-fly zone in Libya.
