Feb. 1 airpower summary

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SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) --  Coalition airpower integrated with ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.

Air Operations in Afghanistan:

Close Air Support:
Balocan
Navy F/A-18C Hornet pilots provided armed overwatch for a friendly forces dismounted patrol. Friendly forces requested air support when an enemy position opened fire with small arms. Once coordinates for the enemy position were received, pilots conducted shows of force, with flares launched, against the target, which stopped the enemy fire. No further enemy action was noted.

Jalalabad
Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots provided armed overwatch and force protection for friendly forces. The pilots conducted a show of force, with flares launched, to deter any potential enemy fire during a helicopter operation. The show of force was successful as no enemy action was noted.

Mushan 
F/A-18C pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots conducted a show of force to deter enemy fire. The show of force, with flares launched, was successful as no enemy action was noted.

Airlift Action:
Ghazni Province
An Air Force C-130 Hercules aircrew flew a combat-resupply mission in the Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, dropping supplies to friendly forces on the ground. Approximately 34,500 pounds of supplies were airdropped.

Zabul Province
A C-130 aircrew flew a combat-sustainment mission in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, airdropping approximately 27,600 pounds of supplies to friendly forces.

An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircrew flew a combat-resupply mission to a remote location in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, airdropping approximately 32,500 pounds of needed supplies to friendly forces.

A C-17 aircrew airdropped approximately 32,500 pounds of supplies to friendly forces during on a combat-resupply mission to another remote location in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.

Air Operations in Iraq:
Mosul 
F-16 pilots conducted a show of force over a convoy they were escorting when suspicious personnel began to surround the convoy vehicles. The show of force was successful in stopping the crowd, which dispersed from the area leaving the convoy to continue its mission.

Air Power Statistics:

Close Air Support:
-- Sorties flown to support ISAF and Afghan security forces: 87
-- Sorties flown to support Operation Iraqi Freedom: 24

Surveillance and Reconnaissance:
-- Sorties flown in Afghanistan: 32
-- Sorties flown in Iraq: 8
-- Tactical reconnaissance sorties flown in Afghanistan: NONE
-- Tactical reconnaissance sorties flown in Iraq: 2 (USAF)

Medical Evacuation:
On Jan. 31, Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawk aircrews and pararescue Airmen transported 4 patients

Aerial Refueling:
-- Sorties flown: 43
-- Fuel delivered: nearly 2.6 million pounds
-- Aircraft refueled: 220

Air Mobility:
-- U.S. Air Force airlift sorties: 172
-- Short tons of delivered cargo: 847
-- Passengers: nearly 3,800
-- Airdropped cargo: nearly 130,000 pounds