Numbers from Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003 - U.S. Navy Owner's & Operator's Manual 2004 - Illustration

All Hands, Jan, 2004

Operation Iraqi Freedom

Total power projection sorties           5,171
Total support sorties                    2,770
Total overall sol ties                   7,941

Percentage of total coalition power
projection sorties                       65 percent
Percentage of total coalition support
sorties                                  35 percent

Average number of power projection
sorties per day (34 days)                152

Average number of power projection
sorties per week (4.9 weeks)             1,055
Average number of support sorties
per day (34 days)                        82
Average number of support sorties
per week (4.9 weeks)                     565
Average number of sorties per clay
(34 days)                                234
Average number of sorties per week
(4.9 weeks)                              1,620

Highest number of Navy sorties
(April 2, 2003)                          423
Power Projection                         269 (63 percent)
Support                                  156 (37 percent)

Navy and Marine Corps aircraft flew
more than 8,000 sorties and delivered
nearly 9,000 precision guided munitions.

Total number of Tomahawk Land
  Attack Missile (TLAM)                  802
Average number of TLAMs per day
  (31 days)                              26
Date of first TLAMs fired
  (number fired)  March 19, 2003        (39)

Number of TLAMs fired on the nigh of
"shock and awe," March 21, 2003          381
Last night of TLAMs (number fired)
April 3, 2003                            (35)

More than 800 Tomahawks were fired
from 35 coalition ships (one third
were sub launched) during Operation
Iraqi Freedom.

EOD teams have responded to 4,500
improvised explosive devices (IED)
calls in the last three months of 2003,
and have collected more than 2,000
pounds of unexploded ordnance. In
2003, forces have queried more than
5,000 vessels, boarded close to 3,000
vessels, and diverted approximately 430
vessels. Coalition maritime forces have
confiscated as much as 10,000 tons
of fuel since August, which will be
returned to the Iraqis.

More than 3,000 U.S. Navy Seabees
served under the newly configured First
Marine Expeditionary Force
(1 MEF) Engineer Group (1 MEG) in
Kuwait and Iraq during OIF.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom,
more than 50 percent of our force
was forward deployed.