"What does "flying missions" mean? I understood "fly" and "mission" but not the phrase.Thanks!
There had been reports of Iranian air strikes in Diyala province, where Iraqi forces have been battling IS"We have indications that they did indeed fly air strikes with F-4 Phantoms in the past several days," he said.It was up to Iraq to oversee and co-ordinate flights by different countries in its airspace, he added."We are flying missions over Iraq, we co-ordinate with the Iraqi government as we conduct those," he said. "It's up to the Iraqi government to deconflict that airspace.
"flying" is a verb. The object of the verb is "missions". In this context a "mission" is a military operation.
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