It's actually a fairly short ride. About 45 minutes gets you to a place where you can now perform a defensive counter-air mission, and it's a little bit longer to get right over land to carry out offensive-type missions. But the length of time to get there is less a factor than how much time you have on station. Of course that's related to the availability of air-to-air refuelling tankers. We have two of those over there. The typical mission will last three to four hours, of which the majority will be effective time on station.
On March 23rd, 2011. See this statement in context.