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On any given day, there are approximately 21,000 Air Force personnel deployed to more than 170 worldwide locations.


The Air Force has provided a range of capabili- ties to support the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Air Force air- craft have been involved in approximately 67 percent of the strikes against ISIS since operations began in August 2014.


Air Force numbers as of July 11, 2016:


Sorties: Air Force aircraft have flown over half of the 104,080 sorties supporting operations in Iraq and Syria since Aug. 8, 2014.


Strikes: The Air Force has participated in 67 percent of the 13,810 strikes in Iraq and Syria, including the majority of the strikes in Syria, conducting an average of about 26 strike sorties a day.


Tanker: The Air Force has flown 90 percent of the nearly 28,257 tanker sorties essential to the range and persistence of operations.


Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR): The Air Force has flown the majority of the approximately 12,558 ISR sorties since Aug. 8, 2014.


Forward Bases


Aircraft stand ready in Kangerlussuaq, Green- land, to train for missions, including Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica.


Firefighters battle a blaze during the Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experience exercise at Soto Cano air base, Honduras.


PHOTOS: CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT, SENIOR AIRMAN KRYSTAL ARDREY, USAF; TECH. SGT. JAMES HODGMAN, USAF; STAFF SGT. JONATHAN STEFFEN, USAF; TECH. SGT. ROBERT CLOYS, USAF; STAFF SGT. EVELYN CHAVEZ, USAF; CAPT. DAVID LIAPIS, USAF; STAFF SGT. BENJAMIN GERMAN, ANG


20 MILITARY OFFICER SEPTEMBER 2016


INFOGRAPHIC: ROSE RICHEY; OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS BASED ON JULY 2016 DATA PROVIDED BY USAF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE COMBINED AIR AND SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER


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