What does SPD stand for?

Sorties Per Day

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In the military, a flight simulator can provide 35 training sorties to a squadron every week, whereas an average aircraft may fly only two sorties per day, or only 14 per week, points out Davis.

Show me: success of simulation-based training is tough to measure

Two sorties per day with the release of up to six laser-guided Enhanced Paveway II bombs per aircraft has proven Eurofighter Typhoon's swing-role capability.

Austria: Eurofighter Typhoon Begins Air Surveillance in Austria

5 sorties per day, and 8 C-130s, each flying one sortie per day out of a bare base with a MOG of 2.

Air force deployments: estimating the requirement

During the recent conflict in Iraq, the Central Command (CENTCOM) AOC staff was able to plan and conduct upwards of 2000 sorties per day, from dozens of bases, including search, strike, jamming and tanker support--mixing both fixed and relocatable targets with exquisite attention to hundreds of details for each mission.

Air Force Research Laboratory press release (Oct. 24, 2003): ...

Each pilot flew one or more two-hour sorties per day, with an emphasis on air-to-air missions against F/A- 18 Hornets of Composite Fighter Squadron 12.

VFA-122 makes the grade

And Israel can fly so many combat sorties per day because it has a huge pool of seasoned combat pilots.

Israel the superpower It's no longer dependent on U.S. military ...

Initially, the fighter pilots made up the 99th Pursuit Squadron, which was activated March 21, 1941, and flew from 36 to 46 sorties per day.

FLYING PRIDE; LANCASTER HONORS TUSKEGEE AIRMEN

The B-1 force has been generating four sorties per day, while five B-52s fly daily.

Heavy Bomber Attacks Dominate Afghan War, Deliver More Than 70% of ...