Sortie

In siege warfare, the word sortie refers specifically to a sudden sending of troops against the enemy from a defensive position—that is, an attack launched against the besiegers by the defenders. If the sortie is through a sally port, the verb to sally may be used interchangeably with to sortie. Purposes of sorties include harassment of enemy troops, destruction of siege weaponry and engineering works, joining the relief force, etc. Sir John Thomas Jones, analyzing a number of sieges carried out during the Peninsular War (1807–1814), wrote: ==In aviation==

In military aviation, a sortie is an aircraft flight or mission (training or combat), starting when the aircraft takes off. For example, one mission involving six aircraft would tally six sorties. The sortie rate of a unit is the number of sorties that it can support in a given time. ==References==