Definition of Sortie

an operational flight made by a single aircraft

Examples of Sortie in a sentence

A stealth bomber will soon sortie into enemy territory to destroy a critical target under the cover of night.  

Because a ship had wrecked off the coast, a rescue helicopter was fueling for a search and rescue sortie.  

We need to sortie a fighter to patrol the area until we have safely evacuated all of the troops still there.  

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