Sentence examples for set of sorties from inspiring English sources

The attacks came on the sixth set of sorties the RAF have carried out since the House of Commons voted overwhelmingly to back the latest Iraq mission.

A Danny Care break down the middle set up a series of sorties at the Italian line, and after a penalty was kicked to the corner and Burrell punched holes down the right, Care danced left off a ruck and found the on-rushing Farrell cutting a sweet angle at pace to fly in from five metres.

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

These stealthy, highly maneuverable jets have flown thousands of sorties in the global war on terrorism.

During the 1991 Gulf war US and Bahraini aircraft flew thousands of sorties against Iraq.

"Unfortunately accidents can happen," he told reporters today, noting that hundreds of sorties had been conducted.

This is the picture of defeat and disarray which today can be set against the massive pageant of invasion the armadas of 4,000 and 6,000 ships, the great armies equipped to the last detail of mechanised armament, the Allied air forces in thousands of sorties raking the French skies empty of all German opposition.

The US is flying dozens of sorties a day with hundreds of hours in the air.

The Indian air force has made hundreds of sorties to evacuate people.

And they're not running a ton of sorties.

Further B-24 missions continued with slowly increasing numbers of sorties flown.