1. sortie - Noun
2. sortie - Verb
3. Sortie - Proper noun
The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
Source: Webster's dictionary4th and 5th patrols The submarine's fourth sortie took her out into the Atlantic once again. Source: Internet
A large-scale sortie out of Ravenna on the night of 9/10 July 491 ended in failure with the death of his commander-in-chief Livilia along with the best of his Herulian soldiers. Source: Internet
Aircrew deployed from the 507th ARW received AMC’s Aircrew Excellence Award for recovering a KC-135R aircraft after two engines failed during a nighttime combat sortie. Source: Internet
And because those old WWII bombers were so slow, they could only fly one sortie per day where modern fighters typically fly three sorties per day rotating aircrews after each mission. Source: Internet
Block C provided an "enhanced capability" for delivery of up to 30 cluster bomb units (CBUs) per sortie with modifications made to 50 bomb racks. Source: Internet
By 1970, the SR-71s were averaging two sorties per week, and by 1972, they were flying nearly one sortie every day. Source: Internet