Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for March 10, 2016 – March 11, 2016
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Report Date

March 11, 2016

Thursday 10 March – Tornados and Typhoons conducted five attacks in northern and western Iraq, destroying a weapons cache and several Daesh fighting positions…Both Tornados and Typhoons were active over the Euphrates valley the next day, Thursday 10 March, assisting Iraqi forces as they cleared Daesh positions to the west of Ramadi. A Tornado mission targeted a terrorist weapons cache concealed under the ramp of a destroyed bridge over the Euphrates, using two Paveways. At the same time a Typhoon mission conducted successful strikes on a heavy machine-gun team and a group of extremists engaged in close combat with Iraqi troops. In the north of the country, a Typhoon flight attacked a rocket launch point near Tall Afar, then dropped Paveways on six Daesh positions in the Kisik area where Kurdish forces had spotted terrorists preparing for a possible attack.

Report Date

March 11, 2016

Thursday 10 March – Tornados and Typhoons conducted five attacks in northern and western Iraq, destroying a weapons cache and several Daesh fighting positions…Both Tornados and Typhoons were active over the Euphrates valley the next day, Thursday 10 March, assisting Iraqi forces as they cleared Daesh positions to the west of Ramadi. A Tornado mission targeted a terrorist weapons cache concealed under the ramp of a destroyed bridge over the Euphrates, using two Paveways. At the same time a Typhoon mission conducted successful strikes on a heavy machine-gun team and a group of extremists engaged in close combat with Iraqi troops. In the north of the country, a Typhoon flight attacked a rocket launch point near Tall Afar, then dropped Paveways on six Daesh positions in the Kisik area where Kurdish forces had spotted terrorists preparing for a possible attack.

  • United States Air Force Flight Surgeon, Major Russell Tontz (right), and RAAF Aviation Medical Officer, Flight Lieutenant Dan Gardon (centre), observe the crew on a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft as they conduct an air-to-air refuellng mission on coalition operations above Iraq (Aus MoD)