On Wednesday 27 May, RAF Reapers providing overwatch for Iraqi troops in western Iraq tracked a terrorist team out into the desert where they were seen to start burying a truck load of explosives and weaponry. A Hellfire was used to engage the terrorists successfully, and a second missile then safely destroyed the stockpile of explosives.

Also on Wednesday, Tornado GR4s from RAF Akrotiri flew in support of Kurdish peshmerga attacks on terrorists in northern Iraq. An armed pick-up truck was spotted, partly concealed under trees, and destroyed with a Brimstone missile. The peshmerga later reported coming under fire from two ISIL heavy machine-guns; the Tornados attacked with a pair of Paveway IV guided bombs, hitting both targets. The Kurdish troops confirmed that both of these threats had been successfully destroyed.