sorties
Fighter pilot assignments
Sorties is the plural of sortie, a military term for a single mission by one aircraft or a sudden attack by troops from a defensive position.
Fighter pilots fly sorties; besieged forces make sorties to disrupt enemy positions.
The word extends to any brief excursion or outing: Her sorties into the dating world were infrequent.
Violent offensive act
- attackAggressive act against another
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- firefightExchange of gunfire
incursion · strike · raid · offensive · clash · ambush · operation · mission
Airborne transportation vehicle
- pilotsThose who fly aircraft
- squadronMilitary aviation unit
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- landingDescent's final moment
airspace · aviation · cockpit · runway · hangar · altitude · navigation · wingman
Preparing for presentation
- rotationTurning on an axis
- readinessState of being prepared
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- theaterVenue for live drama
expeditionary · operations · task-force · airlift · mobilization · dispatch · scheduling · tempo
Information-gathering before action
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- objectivePurpose or goal
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- targetObject of pursuit
briefing · debriefing · intelligence · surveillance · escort · interception · extraction · insertion
assault
Violent offensive act
- attackAggressive act against another
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
firefight · incursion · strike · raid · offensive · clash · ambush · operation · mission · hostilities
aircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
landing · airspace · aviation · cockpit · runway · hangar · altitude · navigation · wingman · formation
staging
Preparing for presentation
- rotationTurning on an axis
- readinessState of being prepared
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
theater · expeditionary · operations · task-force · airlift · mobilization · dispatch · scheduling · tempo · frequency
reconnaissance
Information-gathering before action
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- objectivePurpose or goal
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
target · briefing · debriefing · intelligence · surveillance · escort · interception · extraction · insertion · rescue
- Air Forcesair force, US Air Force, Luftwaffe, RAF, squadrons
- air raidsair raid, air strike, bombing, raid, bomb
- donnéestableaux, bases, brutes, metadata, entrees
- Naval Aviationnaval aviation, naval aviator, flight deck, fighter squadrons, air wing
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
- Vietnam WarVietnam War, Vietnam, Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Viet Cong
sortiesretreats
Backs off or sanctuaries
withdrawals · fallbacks · evacuations · disengagements · pullbacks
sortiesdefensive positions
Places fortified against assault
entrenchments · groundings · fortifications · sieges · stands
sortiesstand-downs
Orders ending alert status
groundings · ceasefire · demobilizations · returns · landings
- sorting outResolving confusion or disorder
- waste sortingClassifying discarded items
- sorting errorMisplacement during categorization
- sorting facilityLocation for organizing shipments
- sorting officePostal processing facility
- Sorting HatTelepathic headwear that categorizes students