Aug. 14 airpower summary

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Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Aug.14, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Air Operations in Afghanistan

Close-Air Support

Gardez
Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force with flares to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and joint terminal attack controllers called the engagement successful.

Asmar
Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs declared the engagement successful.

Balocan
Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and Navy F/A-18C Hornet pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The F/A-18C pilots released precision-guided munitions over an enemy target. The A-10 pilots conducted a show of force with flares to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs declared the engagements successful.

Abchakan
Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The aircrews conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. JTACs and ground controllers deemed the engagements successful.

Lashkar Gah
F/A-18C and A-10 pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted shows of force over enemy positions to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers called the engagements successful.

Sangin
F/A-18C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots released precision-guided munitions and conducted multiple strafing runs against enemy targets to deter enemy activity. JTACs called the engagements successful.


Airlift Action

Badghis Province
An Air Force C-130 Hercules aircrew flew a combat-airdrop mission in Badghis Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 17,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces.

Helmand Province
C-130 and C-17 Globemaster III aircrews flew combat-airdrop missions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 238,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces.

Oruzgan Province
C-130 aircrews flew combat-airdrop missions in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 11,000 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: 83
Sorties flown to support Operation Iraqi Freedom: 22

Surveillance and Reconnaissance:
Sorties flown in Afghanistan: 65
Sorties flown in Iraq: 26

Air Mobility:
Air Force airlift sorties: 176
Short tons of delivered cargo: 865
Passengers: approximately 3000
Airdropped cargo: approximately 267,000 pounds

Aerial Refueling:
Sorties flown: 62
Fuel delivered: approximately 3.3 million pounds
Aircraft refueled: 270

Personnel Recovery, Casualty Evacuation and Aero-medical Evacuations:
Casualty evacuation -- Air Force rescue Airmen transported 23 patients.
Saves: 11
Assists: 12
Other: 0
Hero Flights: 0
Sorties flown to support OEF: 35
Sorties flown to support OIF: 1