WordNet
n. the act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" [syn: reconnaissance]
Usage examples of "reconnaissance mission".
At an afternoon Executive Committee meeting, Secretary of Defense McNamara made a routine report on the day's daylight reconnaissance mission.
Their fighter aircraft are excellent, but to the best of our knowledge they haven't even attempted a photo-reconnaissance mission.
That done, he plugged his portable computer into the room's phone--they all had data jacks now--and accessed the Net to tell Badrayn that he was safely in-country for his reconnaissance mission.
The Israeli naval observer on the airborne reconnaissance mission that had earlier observed the Liberty passed on the information to Commander Pinchas Pinchasy, the naval liaison officer at Israeli air force headquarters.
The rear-guard and reconnaissance mission he had been performing for so long was about to turn into a flanking assault movement on the GIR armored battalion off to his left.
He'd asked for and gotten a reconnaissance mission over enemy lines.
Their equipment is ready: passive scanners, man-portable weapons, line-of-sight communications gear, grid screens behind which they will dig in for the duration of this reconnaissance mission.
Fourth squad would have completed the front rank of second platoon, but it was on a deployment, running a reconnaissance mission for the army.
If he deviated from the reconnaissance mission now, he would have to be ready to face the consequences back at Olenegersk.
If he can locate her, he can try to evacuate her from the southern area, but he is not to compromise the reconnaissance mission in doing it.