Sortie
a sortie is a training operation, and a mission is operational activity.
USMC aircraft that can have a primary mission of air-to-air and or air-to-ground
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The primary mission of P-3 in most navies is maritime patrol.
A "fighter" is a type of aircraft designed for a specific mission, i.e., fighting other aircraft. Early fighter aircraft were propeller driven, but since the 1960s, almost all fighter aircraft are powered by jet engines. The mission is the same, just the power plants have changed.
Actually, it is not really called anti-aircraft. It is Anti-Aircraft Artillery, which is the name of artillery (guns) that are designed to destroy aircraft.
NATO's first combat mission was in April 1994. It was called Operation Deny Flight. Nobody could fly over Bosnia and NATO shot down 4 Serbian aircraft.
The mission of kamikaze pilots was to sink or damage Allied aircraft carriers and capital ships
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between 50-90 it varies on what mission weather they need fighter jets or helicopters.
The mission to the moon was called the Apollo mission.