RAF/MOD Crown Copyright 2014 Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 fighter jets struck ISIL targets over Iraq today for the first time, after recei...
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The 2 Tornado on an armed reconnaissance mission from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, over north west Iraq, identified an ISIL heavy weapon position engaging Kurdish ground forces, using the Litening III targeting pod.
One Paveway IV laser guided bomb was succeesfully used to attack the ISIL position.
Following this engagement, the patrol identified an ISIL armed pick-up truck in the same area and conducted an successful attack on the vehicle using a Brimstone air to ground missile.
U.S. military forces also continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq Monday and Tuesday.
In Syria, two airstrikes near Dayr ar Zawr destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle and an ISIL armed vehicle. Five strikes in northeast Syria near Sinjar destroyed one ISIL artillery piece, one ISIL tank, three ISIL armed vehicles, two ISIL facilities, an ISIL observation post and struck four ISIL fighting positions. Three strikes near Mazra al Duwud near the Syrian/Turkish border, destroyed one ISIL artillery piece, damaged another, and destroyed two ISIL rocket launchers. One strike northeast of Aleppo destroyed four ISIL-occupied buildings.
In Iraq, seven airstrikes in northwest Iraq destroyed one ISIL armored vehicle, two ISIL transport vehicles, and four ISIL armed vehicles and damaged one. In the vicinity of Mosul Dam, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL fighting position and an ISIL armed vehicle. Northwest of Baghdad, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle while another strike in west Fallujah struck an ISIL checkpoint.
