Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for September 21, 2016 – September 22, 2016
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Report Date

September 22, 2016

Wednesday 21 September – a Reaper and four Tornados hit a number of targets near Sharqat, another Reaper struck a check-point in north-western Iraq, and Typhoons destroyed a bunker in western Iraq…On Wednesday 21 September, a Reaper and two flights of Tornados again provided close air support to Iraqi forces near Sharqat. A Hellfire from the Reaper killed a number of terrorists and badly damaged their nearby vehicle, while a Brimstone and two Paveway IVs from the Tornados struck another two groups of terrorists and a truck. The Tornados also used a Paveway IV to sink a barge that was being used to ferry a truck-bomb across the Tigris. A Reaper patrolled over eastern Syria and north-western Iraq, and destroyed a terrorist check-point in the Tall Afar region with a Hellfire. In western Iraq, Typhoons bombed a bunker on the northern bank of the Euphrates.

Report Date

September 22, 2016

Wednesday 21 September – a Reaper and four Tornados hit a number of targets near Sharqat, another Reaper struck a check-point in north-western Iraq, and Typhoons destroyed a bunker in western Iraq…On Wednesday 21 September, a Reaper and two flights of Tornados again provided close air support to Iraqi forces near Sharqat. A Hellfire from the Reaper killed a number of terrorists and badly damaged their nearby vehicle, while a Brimstone and two Paveway IVs from the Tornados struck another two groups of terrorists and a truck. The Tornados also used a Paveway IV to sink a barge that was being used to ferry a truck-bomb across the Tigris. A Reaper patrolled over eastern Syria and north-western Iraq, and destroyed a terrorist check-point in the Tall Afar region with a Hellfire. In western Iraq, Typhoons bombed a bunker on the northern bank of the Euphrates.