SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
Air Operations in Afghanistan
Close-Air Support
Sheyhabad
Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and joint terminal attack controllers declared the engagement successful.
Qal-E-Naw
Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots conducted a show of presence over an enemy position to deter enemy activity. JTACs called the engagement successful.
Ghazni
F-15E aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs deemed the engagement successful.
Asadabad
An Air Force B-1B Lancer aircrew provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The aircrew released precision-guided munitions against an enemy target to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagement successful.
Moqor
F-15E aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force over an enemy position to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs deemed the engagement successful.
Chahar Bagh
Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and released precision-guided munitions against an enemy target to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagement successful.
Orgun
F-15E aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs deemed the engagement successful.
Kandahar
U.S. Air Force A-10 pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted shows of force with flares over enemy positions to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and joint terminal attack controllers deemed the engagements successful.
Jalalabad
F-15E aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagement successful.
Airlift Action
Helmand Province
Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircrews flew combat-airdrop missions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 106,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces.
Oruzgan Province
A C-130 aircrew flew a combat-airdrop mission in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 36,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces.
Zabul Province
A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew flew a combat-airdrop mission in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 88,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces.
Air Operations in Iraq:
Close-Air Support
Baghdad
F-16C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots conducted shows of force to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers called the engagements successful
Airpower Statistics:
Close-Air Support:
Sorties flown to support ISAF and Afghan security forces: 73
Sorties flown to support Operation Iraqi Freedom: 20
Surveillance and Reconnaissance:
Sorties flown in Afghanistan: 66
Sorties flown in Iraq: 27
Air Mobility:
Air Force airlift sorties: 185
Short tons of delivered cargo: 791
Passengers: approximately 3500
Airdropped cargo: approximately 230,000 pounds
Aerial Refueling:
Sorties flown: 44
Fuel delivered: approximately 2.2 million pounds
Aircraft refueled: 161
Personnel Recovery, Casualty Evacuation and Aero-medical Evacuations:
Casualty evacuation -- Air Force rescue Airmen transported 16 patients.
Saves: 11
Assists: 3
Other: 2
Hero Flights: 0
Sorties flown to support OEF: 36
Sorties flown to support OIF: 4