Definition of SORTIE

Examples of sortie in a Sentence

an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores

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Once rare and exotic, sorties like this have become routine in just two years’ time. — Christopher Mims, WSJ, "Your Drone-Delivered Coffee Is (Almost) Here," 30 Mar. 2019 Over a course of 145 sorties, C-5s flew a total of 21,600,000 pounds of supplies, including tanks and helicopters, into the beleaguered country. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane," 18 July 2018 In fact, in many ways a bomber's existence is most at risk during its development, before its first sortie. — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, "Why You Should Care About America's Next Bomber," 27 Oct. 2015 The planes flew again in Operation Iraqi Freedom and in Afghanistan, flying 32 percent of the combat sorties in both theaters. — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, "Why the A-10 Warthog Is Such a Badass Plane," 19 Nov. 2016 Japanese businessman Yusaku Maezawa has bought all of the seats on the first human flight of SpaceX's Big Falcon Rocket and upper stage spaceship for a sortie around the Moon as early as 2023. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Rocket Report: SpaceX says it would launch weapons, Bezos plays for defense, too," 21 Sep. 2018 To re-create the sortie over the Ruhr, the Lancasters had to fly far lower even than on the actual raid. — Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, "Michael Anderson, ‘Dam Busters’ director, dies at 98," 30 Apr. 2018 Aaron Lane, commander of the 36th Mobility Response Squadron, said that the international crews were flying up to 11 times daily out of Balikpapan, with the U.S. flying two to three of the sorties. — Ben Otto And I Made Sentana, WSJ, "Indonesia Will Stop Digging for Quake Victims," 8 Oct. 2018 Instead of simply working onboard the Gateway in the emptiness of space, a part of the Orion’s crew can board the lander and make a sortie onto the lunar surface. — Anatoly Zak, Popular Mechanics, "NASA’s Return to the Moon Could Include a Reusable Lunar Lander," 23 Oct. 2018

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