June 8, 2015
OTTAWA — Canada’s aircraft reached two significant milestones recently as they surpassed the 1000th sortie flown and exceeded 100 air strikes in support of the coalition air campaign in Iraq and Syria.
In October 2014, Canada deployed six CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft, one CC-150T Polaris aerial refueller and two CP-140M Aurora surveillance aircraft as part of Op IMPACT. They contribute to coalition air operations with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, aerial refueling, and airstrike missions using precision guided munitions.
As of 6 June 2015, Canadian aircraft had conducted 1016 sorties. These include 661 sorties by CF-18 Hornet fighters; 185 reconnaissance missions by CP-140 Aurora aircraft, and 170 sorties by CC-150T Polaris aerial refueller, delivering more than 10 million pounds of fuel to coalition aircraft.
As of June 8, 2015, Canada’s CF-18’s also surpassed the milestone of 100 air strikes.
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