Military officials found that over the last 1000 sorties, an average of 4 minutes was spent on each combat mission. 5% of those missions resulted in the successful completion of their objectives with 38% of the combatants returned to base. 55% were killed in action. The study also revealed that an average of 0.49 enemy units were destroyed.

Australian military officials have recently issued classified reports regarding recent war casualties on the offensive. Published reports show a 46% of the attack missions were accomplished at a 5% success rate.

Participants in these missions returned to base 38% of the time; each participant killed on average 0.49 enemy units.