November 2nd 2014: The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls and Minister of National Defence, issued the following statement: “Today, Canada’s CF-18s conducted their first combat strike since joining the fight against ISIL on October 30. Coordinated with our coalition partners, two CF-18s attacked ISIL targets with GBU12 500 lb laser guided bombs in the vicinity of Fallujah, Iraq.

The approximately four hour mission included air-to-air refueling from Canada’s Polaris aircraft. All aircraft returned safely to their base.”

November 1st 2014: U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Friday and today using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct five airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted five airstrikes in Iraq Friday and today using attack, bomber and fighter aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, five airstrikes conducted near Kobani suppressed or destroyed nine ISIL fighting positions and struck one ISIL building.

In Iraq, one airstrike southwest of the Mosul Dam destroyed one ISIL vehicle.

Four airstrikes near Al Qaim, Iraq, [one British] heavily damaged or destroyed four ISIL vehicles and struck four ISIL buildings.

Over the weekend [November 1st 2014], 2 Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s were tasked to investigate ISIL activity near the scene of an earlier successful coalition air strike at Al Qaim, north-west of Baghdad.

The aircraft, as part of the international coalition supporting the Iraqi government, identified and destroyed an ISIL armed vehicle using a single Brimstone missile.

October 31st: U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Thursday and today using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct four airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted four airstrikes in Iraq Thursday and today using fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, four airstrikes were conducted near Kobani damaging four ISIL fighting positions and one ISIL building.

In Iraq, an airstrike near Fallujah [French] struck a small ISIL unit and an airstrike near Bayji also struck a small ISIL unit.

One airstrike near Al Qaim destroyed one ISIL checkpoint and one ISIL vehicle.

One airstrike north of Tikrit struck a large ISIL unit and destroyed three ISIL-occupied buildings.

Le 31 octobre 2014, la force Chammal a poursuivi son appui aux opérations terrestres conduites par l’armée irakienne dans la région de Tikrīt, à 200 kilomètres au nord de Bagdad. Lors d’une mission de reconnaissance armée, le centre opérationnel aérien d’Al Udeid (CAOC) a réorienté une patrouille de Rafale, alors en vol dans la région de Falloujah, sur une cible d’opportunité. L’objectif, identifié et confirmé par un drone de la coalition, était un bâtiment transformé en point d’appui par plusieurs combattants de Daech en train de prendre à partie des éléments des forces armées irakiennes. Vers 7h00 et malgré les mauvaises conditions météo, les Rafale ont neutralisé ces terroristes armés en ouvrant le feu avec deux bombes AASM(1).

October 30th: U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Wednesday and today using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct twelve airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted two airstrikes in Iraq Wednesday and today using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, ten airstrikes near Kobani struck two small ISIL units and destroyed seven ISIL fighting positions and five ISIL-occupied buildings.

Additionally, an ISIL headquarters building was damaged near Dayr Az Zawr and an ISIL security building was damaged near Ar Raqqah.

In Iraq, one airstrike near Bayji struck a small ISIL unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

One airstrike west of Ramadi struck an ISIL checkpoint.

October 29th: U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Tuesday and today using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct eight airstrikes. Separately, U.S. forces conducted six airstrikes in Iraq Tuesday and today using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, eight airstrikes near Kobani destroyed five ISIL fighting positions, a small ISIL unit, six ISIL vehicles, an ISIL-occupied building and an ISIL command and control node.

In Iraq, three airstrikes in the vicinity of Fallujah destroyed three small ISIL units.

Three airstrikes near Sinjar destroyed one small ISIL unit and two ISIL vehicles.

27-10-2014 – kl. 13:00: De danske F-16-fly, der er udsendt som bidrag til Operation Inherent Resolve, har siden seneste opdatering den 20. oktober fløjet 16 missioner. De danske fly har således været påvingerne flere gange dagligt i denne periode, og missionerne er foregået i både det centrale og det nordlige Irak.

Missionerne, som de danske fly har deltaget i, har været offensive, og det drejer sig primært om CAS-missioner (Close Air Support), hvor flyene er indsat som luftstøtte til styrker på landjorden. Disse udgør 14 ud af de 16 gennemførte missioner.

De øvrige missioner har ligeledes været angrebsmissioner, hvor de danske fly har været indsat for at kaste bomber mod på forhånd definerede mål på jorden. De danske fly har på de 16 missioner i alt kastet 30 bomber.

Siden første mission den 16. oktober 2014 har det danske bidrag i alt fløjet 27 missioner og kastet 37 bomber.