Aug. 28 airpower summary Published Sept. 7, 2010 SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug. 28, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. Air Operations in Afghanistan Close-Air Support Salerno Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force with flares to deter enemy activity which ground controllers deemed successful. Asmar Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The aircrews released precision-guided munitions against enemy positions to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and joint terminal attack controllers called the engagements successful. Oruzgan Coalition aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force over an enemy position to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers called the engagement successful. Tarin Kowt Navy F/A-18C Hornet and Air Force A-10 pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. All pilots conducted shows of force with flares over enemy positions to deter enemy activity. A-10 pilots released precision-guided munitions over an enemy target to deter enemy activity. JTACs declared the engagements successful. Remak F-16C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force with flares to deter enemy activity which ground controllers deemed successful. Abchakan An Air Force B-1B Lancer aircrew provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force against an enemy position to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagement successful. Moqor Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The aircrews conducted a show of presence and a show of force with flares to deter enemy activity. JTACs deemed the engagements successful. Kandahar A-10 pilots and F-15E aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted shows of force against enemy positions to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagements successful. Sheykhabad F-16C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force with flares to deter enemy activity which ground controllers called successful. Lashkar Gah F/A-18F aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and performed strafing runs over enemy positions to deter enemy activity. JTACs declared the engagements successful. Chahar Bagh Coalition MQ-9 Reaper operators and A-10 pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots strafed an enemy target to deter enemy activity. The coalition operators released a rocket over an enemy target to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs declared the engagements successful. Airlift Action Badghis Province Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircrews flew combat-airdrop missions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 90,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces. Logar Province A C-17 aircrew flew a combat-airdrop mission in Logar Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 48,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces. Nuristan Province A C-130 aircrew flew a combat-airdrop mission in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 9,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces. Zabul Province C-17 aircrews flew combat-airdrop missions in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 150,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces. Air Operations in Iraq: Nothing significant to report. Airpower Statistics: Close-Air Support: Sorties flown to support ISAF and Afghan security forces: 97 Sorties flown to support Operation Iraqi Freedom: 16 Surveillance and Reconnaissance: Sorties flown in Afghanistan: 64 Sorties flown in Iraq: 23 Air Mobility: Air Force airlift sorties: 191 Short tons of delivered cargo: 610 Passengers: approximately 3800 Airdropped cargo: approximately 297,000 pounds Aerial Refueling: Sorties flown: 55 Fuel delivered: approximately 2.8 million pounds Aircraft refueled: 223 Personnel Recovery, Casualty Evacuation and Aero-medical Evacuations: Casualty evacuation -- Air Force rescue Airmen transported 25 patients. Saves: 9 Assists: 16 Other: 0 Hero Flights: 0 Sorties flown to support OEF: 41 Sorties flown to support OIF: 3