Monday 9 May – Tornados and Typhoons struck Daesh targets in western and northern Iraq, including a command post, a tunnel network and mortar and rocket positions…RAF Typhoon FGR4s, armed with Paveway IV guided bombs, conducted successful attacks on Monday 9 May against a group of Daesh extremists hiding in a tunnel network dug into a riverbank north-west of Kirkuk and against two rocket launcher positions north of Mosul.

Other Typhoons, and Tornado GR4s provided close air support to the Iraqi troops operating in the Euphrates valley. The Typhoons struck a mortar position north of the Al Asad airbase, while the Tornados destroyed a terrorist command post situated nearby in a riverside building in the midst of a palm grove.