War Statistics
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 2:47 pm
Just thought you might like to see these.....
War By the Numbers
Wednesday, April 2:
1,900 total missions flown total
900 attack missions
500 air refueling tanker missions
250 cargo airflift missions
100 command, control, intelligence, surveillance and recon missions
Focused on killing Republican Guard targets — Medina, Baghdad and Hammurabi divisions — and hitting strategic targets in Baghdad.
Since the Start of the War (as of Sunday, March 30):
21,000 sorties flown
8,000 precision guided weapons dropped
70 percent of all bombs dropped precision guided
24.7 million gallons of fuel pumped into planes on refueling missions
28,000 short tons of cargo moved by aircraft
36,000 passengers moved since October 2002.
26 million leaflets dropped
War By the Numbers
Wednesday, April 2:
1,900 total missions flown total
900 attack missions
500 air refueling tanker missions
250 cargo airflift missions
100 command, control, intelligence, surveillance and recon missions
Focused on killing Republican Guard targets — Medina, Baghdad and Hammurabi divisions — and hitting strategic targets in Baghdad.
Since the Start of the War (as of Sunday, March 30):
21,000 sorties flown
8,000 precision guided weapons dropped
70 percent of all bombs dropped precision guided
24.7 million gallons of fuel pumped into planes on refueling missions
28,000 short tons of cargo moved by aircraft
36,000 passengers moved since October 2002.
26 million leaflets dropped
