On Sunday 7 June, another Reaper engaged on surveillance duties tracked an ISIL truck moving at high speed on a road close to the border with Syria; a Hellfire missile scored a direct hit on the vehicle.

That night, an RAF Tornado GR4 patrol provided support to both the Kurdish peshmerga in north of the country, and to the Iraqi army further south. Near Sinjar, peshmerga came into contact with an ISIL team armed with rocket-propelled grenades, who were fortified inside a building. In a carefully planned attack to avoid any risk to the Kurdish forces very close to the target, the Tornados successfully destroyed the building with a single Paveway IV guided bomb.

The two Tornados then flew south to the area around Bayji, where a group of terrorists had been observed gathering in a large building, preparing an attack on an Iraqi army unit. A strike with two Paveways demolished the building.

June 7th 2015: Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq between 8 a.m., June 6, and 8 a.m., June 7, local time. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted 11 airstrikes using bomber, attack and fighter aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 11 airstrikes approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

“The coalition is keeping the pressure on Daesh throughout Iraq and Syria,” said Col. Wayne Marotto, CJTF-OIR chief of public affairs. “The steady, continuous pressure being applied by ground forces and coalition airstrikes is degrading Daesh and clearly inhibiting their operational freedom, span of control, military capacity and fighter morale.”

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Al Hasakah, two airstrikes struck one large and one small ISIL tactical units, destroying four ISIL fighting positions and a vehicle.

* Near Aleppo, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying an ISIL ant-aircraft artillery piece and an ISIL fighting position.

* Near Ar Raqqah, three airstrikes struck three ISIL tactical units, destroying three ISIL fighting positons, an ISIL rocket system, an ISIL motorcycle and an ISIL weapon transportation vehicle.

* Near Kobani, five airstrikes struck four ISIL tactical units, destroying two ISIL vehicles and two ISIL mortar systems.

Iraq

* Near Al Qaim, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Bayji, two airstrikes [1 Canadian] struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL bridge, destroying an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Makhmur, three airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, an ISIL mortar position and an ISIL rocket position, destroying three ISIL heavy machine guns and an ISIL building.

* Near Sinjar, three airstrikes struck three ISIL tactical units, destroying four ISIL buildings, an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL heavy machine gun, destroying two ISIL buildings, an ISIL mortar system and an ISIL vehicle.

On 6 June 2015, while taking part in coalition operations in support of Iraqi security forces, CF-18 Hornets successfully struck an ISIS fighting position north of Bayji using precision guided munitions.

June 6th 2015: Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq between 8 a.m., June 5, and 8 a.m., June 6, local time. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven airstrikes using bomber, attack and fighter aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 14 airstrikes approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense using attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

“The Coalition targeting process minimizes collateral damage and maximizes precise effects on Daesh,” said Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley, CJTF-OIR chief of staff. “Air crews are making smart decisions and applying tactical patience every day.”

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hasakah, four airstrikes struck two large and two small ISIL tactical units, destroying six ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL vehicles, an ISIL armored vehicle and an ISIL armored personnel carrier.

• Near Kobani, three airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying two ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle, two ISIL anti-tank weapons and ISIL IED manufacturing material.

Iraq

• Near Baghdadi, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying an ISIL motorcycle.

• Near Bayji, three airstrikes destroyed two ISIL vehicles, an ISIL VBIED and an ISIL armored vehicle.

• Near Habbaniyah, one airstrike struck an ISIL large tactical unit, destroying an ISIL vehicle and an ISIL VBIED.

• Near Haditha, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

• Near Makhmur, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle.

• Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL mortar position, destroying an ISIL weapons cache.

• Near Sinjar, three airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL staging area, destroying three ISIL buildings, an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL IED.

• Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL sniper position, destroying an ISIL vehicle.

On Friday 5 June a Reaper remotely piloted aircraft provided overwatch to Iraqi troops in Anbar province. Patrolling over a known ISIL compound, the Reaper’s operators observed a group of terrorists unloading supplies from a vehicle, and conducted a successful attack with a GBU-12 guided bomb.

June 5th 2015 – Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq between 8 a.m., June 4, and 8 a.m., June 5, local time. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted four airstrikes using bomber, attack and fighter aircraft. Separately in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 15 airstrikes approved by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense using bomber, attack, fighter and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

“The coalition is committed to degrading and defeating Daesh by, with, and through our regional partners,” said Col. Wayne Marotto, CJTF-OIR chief of public affairs.

The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

• Near Al Hasakah, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL vehicle, destroying two ISIL trucks.
• Near Dayr Az Zawr, two airstrikes struck an ISIL modular oil refinery and an ISIL crude oil collection point.

Iraq

• Near Baghdadi, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying four ISIL structures and an ISIL vehicle.
• Near Bayji, five airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and land features denying ISIL a tactical advantage, destroying two ISIL vehicles, an ISIL excavator and an ISIL fighting position.
• Near Fallujah, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL crossing point.
• Near Makhmur, one airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
• Near Mosul, one airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit, destroying an ISIL building, an ISIL heavy machine gun and an ISIL vehicle.
• Near Sinjar, three airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units, destroying four ISIL buildings, an ISIL heavy machine gun, an ISIL mortar system and an ISIL vehicle.
• Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit, an ISIL building and two ISIL fighting positions, destroying an ISIL heavy machine gun.

The following day [Thursday June 4th 2015], a further Tornado mission employed Paveways to destroy a building from which terrorists were firing on advancing peshmerga soldiers, and then an ISIL supply warehouse north of Mosul.

In western Iraq, a Reaper destroyed a vehicle and trailer transporting ammunition.

In the early hours of Friday 5 June, Tornados provided further support to the Iraqi army in Anbar province, attacking an ISIL weapons cache and a mortar position.