Theodore Roosevelt's (CVN 71) Operation Iraqi Freedom deployment (5 January-29 May) by numbers.
Theodore Theodore. For Russian rulers thus named, use Feodor. Roosevelt's (CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 71) Operation Iraqi Freedom
deployment Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation. (5 January-29 May) by numbers:
Sorties: over 6,500 (1,703 in combat). Launches/recoveries: 7,230.
Flight hours: more than 15,000, with a 99.2-percent aircraft sortie
completion rate. Ordnance: over 1 million pounds. Jet fuel: nearly 11
million gallons. Mail: more than 1.7 million pounds. Miles steamed:
43,225. Meals served: 568,689.
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