Aug. 3 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. 3, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Air Operations in Afghanistan

Close-Air Support

Gizab
Coalition 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.

Kandahar
Air Force MQ-9A Reaper operators and coalition aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The RPA operators released missiles over enemy targets to deter enemy activity. The aircrews conducted a show of force. Ground controllers called the engagements successful.

Konduz
An Air Force B-1B Lancer aircrew provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The aircrew conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. JTACs deemed the engagement successful.

Asadabad
Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon 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.

Soltani
F-16C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces and conducted shows of force over enemy positions to deter enemy activity. JTACs declared the engagements successful.

Kabul
F-16C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots conducted shows of force with flares over enemy targets to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagements successful.

Balocan
Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and F-15E Strike Eagle aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots conducted a show of force with flares and released precision-guided munitions over enemy positions. The aircrews released precision-guided munitions over an enemy target to deter enemy activity. Ground controllers and JTACs called the engagements successful.

Tarin Kowt
Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet aircrews and coalition aircrews provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The Navy aircrews performed multiple strafing runs over enemy targets and conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. Coalition aircrews conducted a show of force to deter enemy activity. JTACs and ground controllers deemed the engagements successful.

Airlift Action

Badghis Province
Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircrews flew combat-airdrop missions in Badghis Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 180,000 pounds of combat-sustainment supplies to friendly forces

Helmand Province
A C-17 aircrew flew combat-airdrop missions in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, delivering approximately 72,000 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: 86
Sorties flown to support Operation Iraqi Freedom: 20

Surveillance and Reconnaissance:
Sorties flown in Afghanistan: 57
Sorties flown in Iraq: 28

Air Mobility:
Air Force airlift sorties: 174
Short tons of delivered cargo: 761
Passengers: approximately 3800
Airdropped cargo: approximately 180,000 pounds

Aerial Refueling:
Sorties flown: 52
Fuel delivered: approximately 3.1 million pounds
Aircraft refueled: 275

Personnel Recovery, Casualty Evacuation and Aero-medical Evacuations:
Casualty evacuation -- Air Force rescue Airmen transported 18 patients.
Saves: 4
Assists: 14
Other: 0
Hero Flights: 0
Sorties flown to support OEF: 30
Sorties flown to support OIF: 0