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

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2026

Air-superiority missions, for instance, would require them to sortie and remain “on station” in Taiwan’s vicinity for a time before returning, which isn’t viable from Guam, Heginbotham said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

The aircraft was diverted there after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian ocean and was unable to return to HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy's flagship carrier.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025

River are all part of the perfect Sunday sortie for the ‘Animal Control’ star.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025

The sortie upon the Rock gained only a brief respite.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Helicopters piloted by emergency responders flew sorties to deliver water in a bid to douse the fires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Analysts from defence intelligence firm Janes offered a similar assessment, as well as saying there had been a "general increase in US intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sorties" since February.

From BBC ● May 20, 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

“There have been thousands of targets hit with thousands of sorties penetrating contested airspace. It’s been an entire month and this is the first time we’ve had a combat loss? That’s incredible.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

If the press got wind of the Cambodian sorties, he could claim American planes had strayed accidentally over the border.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

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

From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Japan's main fleet never again sortied in full force.

From Time Magazine Archive

With an eye on relaxation as well as royalties, some well-established novelists and poets have sortied from their usual literary habitat and invaded the children's book field with happy results.

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