Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for December 20, 2016 – December 21, 2016
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Report Date

December 21, 2016

Tuesday 20 December – Tornados bombed a machine-gun team firing on Iraqi forces in north-eastern Mosul…Operating again in challenging conditions over Mosul on Tuesday 20 December, two Tornados were still able to support Iraqi forces as they engaged a Daesh light machine-gun team defending a building in the north-eastern area of the city. As with the attacks a few days earlier, the Iraqi troops were very close to the target, but our aircrew carried out a successful attack with a Paveway IV.

Report Date

December 21, 2016

Tuesday 20 December – Tornados bombed a machine-gun team firing on Iraqi forces in north-eastern Mosul…Operating again in challenging conditions over Mosul on Tuesday 20 December, two Tornados were still able to support Iraqi forces as they engaged a Daesh light machine-gun team defending a building in the north-eastern area of the city. As with the attacks a few days earlier, the Iraqi troops were very close to the target, but our aircrew carried out a successful attack with a Paveway IV.