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In the air assault on Iran that began Saturday, American fighter pilots are flying sortie after sortie alongside refueling tankers, reconnaissance planes, bombers, drones and other U.S. aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Turk’s bad back makes it a brief sortie, but the attempt confirms that their friendship remains fundamentally intact.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

The F-35B landed on 14 June at Thiruvananthapuram airport in the southern state of Kerala where it was diverted after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian Ocean.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2025

But this time the Russian plane wasn’t on a bombing sortie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

"Some loose tongues spread tales of the preparations for Tyrek's wedding feast, and these wretches got it in their heads they should be feasted too. His Grace led a sortie and sent them scurrying."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

It has spent more than 200 days in a combat zone and has launched more than 10,000 sorties, said acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Made at secret locations across Ukraine by Bavovna, the Perun Max can carry "three projectiles, drop them on targets, return, reload and take off again," making up to 30 sorties a night, he said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

The renewed sorties shattered a rare and unexplained lull that lasted 10 days, fueling speculation and uncertainty about Beijing’s intentions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

Brigadier Guy Foden, a senior British Army officer, added that the UK had flown air combat patrols over Jordan and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to a "number of sorties" over Qatar.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

Rob announced that the first of these acclimatization sorties would occur on April 13—a one-day round-trip to Camp One, perched on the uppermost brow of the Khumbu Icefall, a vertical half mile above.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The ROK Air Force then sortied its fighters, including about 80 fifth-generation F-35As.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

After a proper tea, the cruisers again sortied out of the smoke.

From Time Magazine Archive

We had a fraternity office on campus from which we occasionally sortied out to class or, just as often, to the student lounge, where we tried to master the mambo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Five weeks ago, in the midst of the rioting that gripped the quiet city of Masan during Korea's presidential elections, a 16-year-old student named Kim Chu Yul sortied out into Masan's streets and never returned.

From Time Magazine Archive

When they came opposite the rock which had sheltered Johnny they sortied to see if that part of the mesa was guarded, but there was no sign of life upon it.

From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford