sortie

n.

1. An armed attack, especially one made from a place surrounded by enemy forces.
2. A flight of a combat aircraft on a mission.

intr.v., -tied, -tie·ing, -ties.
To go on a sortie.

[French, from feminine past participle of sortir, to go out, from Old French.]

n. 1. an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defense.

2. an operational flight by a single military aircraft.

v. sorties, sortied, sortieing

come out from a defensive position to make an attack.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD, NATO) In air operations, an operational flight by one aircraft.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udfald
v. intr. - starte

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitval, vlucht (luchtmacht)

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) attaque armée (d'un endroit cerclé par les forces ennemies), vol de mission
v. intr. - faire un vol de mission

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Mil.) Ausfall, Ausfalltruppen, Einsatzflug
v. - angreifen (in einem Ausfallmanöver)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (πολεμική) εξόρμηση, έξοδος πολιορκημένων, αεροπορική εξόρμηση

Italiano (Italian)
sortita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sortida (f), uma missão de bombardeamento por um só avião

Русский (Russian)
вылазка, самолето-вылет, выход из кабины (космонавта)

Español (Spanish)
n. - salida, surtida, cada vuelo de un avión
v. intr. - estar en una salida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utträde, försvinnande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
出击, 突围, 出港

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 出擊, 突圍
v. intr. - 出擊, 突圍, 出港

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (포위당한 진지에서의) 출격, 돌격대, 짧은 여행
v. intr. - 출격하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 出撃, 小旅行, 試み

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غارة ألمحصرين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גיחת התקפה ממבצר נצור, יציאה, גיחה קרבית של מטוס בודד‬
v. intr. - ‮הגיח מהמבצר ותקף את הצרים עליו, יצא לגיחה (מטוס-קרב)‬

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