The early hours of Wednesday morning [December 17th 2014] saw UK Tornados join other coalition aircraft as the peshmerga mounted a further offensive. They conducted a carefully coordinated attack, again using Paveway IV bombs, on a line of trenches, bunkers and gun emplacements constructed by ISIL between Mosul and Tal Afar in an attempt to hold up the Kurdish advance.

The same Tornado patrol then flew 150 miles south to provide support for an additional offensive against ISIL in Anbar province. They were tasked to destroy a checkpoint near Rawah, used by the terrorists to deny local people any freedom of movement along a major road.An attack was conducted with a Brimstone missile on a guard room and equipment store used by those manning the checkpoint.

On 17 December, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces ground operations conducted in an area north-west of Mosul, two CF-188 Hornets successfully struck two ISIL fighting positions with precision-guided munitions.

Le 15 décembre, une patrouille a été sollicitée afin de détruire une cible d’opportunité sur les contreforts du Mont Sinjar dans le Nord-Ouest de l’Irak, où les combattants irakiens, kurdes et yézidis s’unissent pour défendre la zone convoitée par les terroristes du groupe Daech.

Enfin, le 16 décembre, une patrouille a de nouveau été sollicitée par le CAOC afin de détruire un objectif dans la région de Mossoul.

Le 17 décembre, deux chasseurs ont participé à un raid de la coalition dans la région du Mont Sinjar. Ce raid aérien, planifié, regroupait 17 avions de la coalition et visait la destruction d’une ligne de défense de Daech avec la neutralisation de près d’une soixantaine d’objectifs. Au cours de ce vol d’environ 3h20, les deux chasseurs ont porté leurs frappes sur les objectifs qui leur étaient assignés.

December 15th 2014 – U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec 13-15 using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct nine airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted nine airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 13-15 using fighter, bomber, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, eight airstrikes near Kobani destroyed nine ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL buildings, two ISIL staging positions and also struck another ISIL fighting position.

Near abu-Kamal, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

In Iraq, three airstrikes near Mosul destroyed an ISIL fighting position and struck three tactical ISIL units and suppressed an ISIL heavy machine gun position [includes France Dec 12th].

Near Sinjar, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL compound and struck a second ISIL compound.

Near Hit, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle, a trailer and an excavator.

Near al-Qaim, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL excavator.

Near Ramadi, an airstrike struck two ISIL vehicles [British].

Near Samarra, an airstrike stuck a tactical ISIL unit.

Near Kirkuk, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and bunker and struck an ISIL tactical unit.

December 12th 2014 – A RAF Reaper conducted armed reconnaissance in northern Iraq, where ISIL are facing increasing pressure from the Kurdish peshmerga.The Reaper’s mission focused on engineering equipment being used by the terrorists to construct defensive positions to hold up peshmerga advances.The remotely piloted aircraft was able to locate 2 of these engineer vehicles, and attacked them with Hellfire missiles.

Further south, another Reaper identified an ISIL armed pick-up truck and engaged it with a Hellfire missile.

RAF Tornado GR4s were also providing surveillance for the Iraqi army in Anbar province, and were able to assist Iraqi soldiers engaged in a firefight with terrorists near Ramadi. Paveway precision guided bombs and Brimstone missiles were used to deal with ISIL fighting positions and 3 vehicles, including 2 armoured personnel carriers.

Le 12 décembre, les aéronefs ont porté trois frappes au Nord de l’Irak, dans la région Ouest et Nord-Est de Mossoul, permettant la destruction de caches de munitions ainsi que de groupes de combattants de Daech.

Een overzicht van Defensie-operaties van 8 tot en met 14 december.

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Nederlandse F-16’s van De Air Taks Force Middle East vlogen 12 missies boven Irak. Ze gooiden 7 bommen op gebouwen, voertuigen en gevechtsopstellingen van terreurorganisatie ISIS.

December 12th 2014 – U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec 10-12 using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct seven airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 20 airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 10-12 using fighter, bomber, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, five airstrikes near Kobani destroyed five ISIL fighting positions and also struck another ISIL fighting position.

Near Aleppo, an airstrike struck five ISIL-occupied buildings.

Near al-Qaim, on the Syrian border, an airstrike destroyed two ISIL fortifications.

In Iraq, four airstrikes near Sinjar destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle and two ISIL storage containers and also struck another ISIL armored vehicle and an ISIL checkpoint.

Near Ramadi, four airstrikes destroyed an excavator and five ISIL vehicles and also struck an ISIL-occupied building and three ISIL units.

Near Ar Rutbah, three airstrikes destroyed two bulldozers and an ISIL storage container.

Near Mosul, three airstrikes destroyed a bunker and a bulldozer and also struck an excavator.

Near al-Qaim, three airstrikes destroyed four ISIL vehicles, two ISIL-occupied buildings, an ISIL storage container, and an ISIL guard tower and also struck an ISIL bunker.

Near Samarra, an airstrike struck a large ISIL unit. Near Rawah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL guard shack [British].

Near Al Asad an airstrike struck an ISIL staging area.

11-12-2014 – kl. 12:23: De danske fly har i den forgangne periode primært fløjet Close Air Support-missioner (CAS), hvor flyene er indsat som luftstøtte til styrker på landjorden. Luftstøtten kan bestå af flere forskellige opgaver, afhængig af hvad der er behov for. Det kan både dreje sig om overvågningsopgaver og bombninger af mål. På nogle af CAS-missionerne har de danske F-16 fly kastet bomber i forbindelse med kamphandlinger på jorden. Målet for bomberne har været køretøjer og fjendtlige styrker.

På de missioner, hvor flyene ikke har anvendt våben, har de bidraget med overvågning og indhentning af efterretninger. På sådanne overvågningsmissioner er flyene dog altid klar til at anvende våben, hvis der er behov for det.

Derudover har de danske fly også gennemført Air Interdiction missioner. Her planlægges et specifikt angreb mod et på forhånd defineret mål udførligt og detaljeret hjemmefra, og flyene flyver direkte frem til målet, kaster bomber og flyver retur. Ved denne type missioner har de danske fly primært bombet bygninger.

I løbet af de seneste 19 missioner har de danske fly kastet 14 bomber mod fjendtlige styrker, køretøjer og bygninger.

Siden første mission den 16. oktober 2014, har det danske bidrag i alt fløjet 93 missioner og anvendt 74 bomber. Alle de danske bomber er præcisionsstyrede, hvilket vil sige at de styres mod deres mål af enten laser eller GPS.

December 10th 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec 8-10 using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct seven airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 13 airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 8-10 using fighter, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, seven airstrikes near Kobani destroyed five ISIL fighting positions and struck three other ISIL fighting positions and a large ISIL unit.

In Iraq, four airstrikes near Sinjar destroyed four ISIL-occupied buildings, three ISIL storage containers and two ISIL fighting positions and also struck an ISIL guard tower [British].

Near al-Qaim, three airstrikes destroyed an ISIL storage container and an ISIL armored vehicle, and also struck two ISIL bunkers [Canadian], two ISIL armored vehicles and two ISIL armored personnel carriers.

Near Ramadi, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle and a heavy weapon, and also struck a tactical ISIL unit.

Near Mosul, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL-occupied buildings, an ISIL bunker and struck a tactical ISIL unit.

Near Samarra, an airstrike destroyed two ISIL vehicles and struck a tactical ISIL unit.

Near Kirkuk, an airstrike struck a tactical ISIL unit.

December 9th 2014 – Military support to the Iraqi government in their fight against ISIL continues, with Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft conducting further strikes overnight [December 8th/9th].

In the north-west of the country, a patrol of RAF Tornado GR4s was tasked by coalition air controllers to investigate an ISIL site near Mount Sinjar.

The aircraft identified an observation tower and guard room in use by the terrorists at a checkpoint controlling a road junction. These were being used to deny the local population any freedom of movement and both were attacked with Brimstone missiles.

Elsewhere in Iraq, a RAF Reaper providing surveillance for Iraqi ground forces observed a hostile armoured personnel carrier and successfully attacked it with a Hellfire missile.

Early on Wednesday [December 10th] RAF Tornado GR4s attacked an ISIL storage compound near Rawah in Anbar province with a Paveway IV precision guided bomb.

On December 10, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) ground operations conducted in an area east of Al Qa’im, two CF-188 Hornets successfully struck an ISIL fighting position consisting of a bunker by using precision guided munitions.

December 8th 2014 – U.S. and partner nation military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec. 5-8 using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct 15 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 31 airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 5-8 using fighter, bomber, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, 14 airstrikes near Kobani destroyed four ISIL fighting positions, three ISIL-occupied buildings, two ISIL staging areas, two ISIL tanks, a motorcycle, a mortar and struck eight tactical ISIL units and two ISIL fighting positions.

Near Ar Raqqah, an airstrike struck an electronic warfare garrison.

[Airwars note: Reuters, citing a US official, says 2 strikes at Ar Raqqah were by Arab allies, although CJTF-OIR makes no mention of any such action in its summary report.]

In Iraq, six airstrikes near Kirkuk destroyed two excavators, a bulldozer, an ISIL bunker, an ISIL ammunition dump and struck another excavator and an overpass servicing the ammunition dump.

These airstrikes also suppressed an ISIL fighting position and struck a tactical ISIL unit near Kirkuk.

Near al-Biaj, four airstrikes destroyed four armored vehicles, an ISIL checkpoint and two ISIL storage containers.

Near Sinjar, four airstrikes [including by British] destroyed six ISIL-occupied buildings, seven ISIL storage containers, two ISIL fighting positions, an excavator and struck an ISIL bunker.

Near Mosul, four airstrikes destroyed an excavator, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL heavy weapon and struck two ISIL tactical units.

Also in Iraq, three airstrikes near al-Qaim destroyed two ISIL armored vehicles and struck an ISIL observation point.

Near Tal Afar, three airstrikes destroyed seven ISIL armored vehicles, a bulldozer and an excavator.

Near Ramadi, three airstrikes destroyed an ISIL-occupied building, a front-loader and struck two ISIL units.

Near Bayji, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL-occupied building [British] and struck two tactical ISIL units.

Near Rawah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL tank [British]. Near Hit, an airstrike was conducted, but there was no damage.

December 8th 2014 – Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4s have struck further ISIL targets over the weekend while flying in support of Iraqi ground forces.On Friday [December 5th], an armed reconnaissance patrol of GR4s investigated a reportedISIL position near Rawa in western Iraq. An observation tower and nearby equipment were located and attacked with Paveway IV guided bombs.

In the early hours of Saturday morning [December 6th], a further GR4 patrol in the same area also successfully attacked an ISIL armoured personnel carrier using a Brimstone missile.

On Sunday [December 7th], 2 Tornados were on reconnaissance when Iraqi troops reported coming under fire from terrorists in the vicinity of Bayji. The RAF aircraft responded rapidly, and when they arrived on the scene were able to spot the ISIL position. Since the target was in a built-up area, a very careful assessment was made in cooperation with another coalition surveillance aircraft, and the aircrew used the small and extremely precise Brimstone missile to carry out a successful attack which struck the enemy position.

Early this morning [December 8th], a fourth Tornado patrol operating in north-western Iraq, around Mount Sinjar, located 2 ISIL armoured personnel carriers and hit them with Brimstone missiles.

Nederlandse F16’s vlogen 22 missies in Irak, waarbij ze 10 bommen gooiden. Daarmee schakelden ze onder meer brandstoftrucks, bunkers en versterkte posities van terreurorganisatie ISIS uit. Een overzicht van Defensie-operaties van 1 tot en met 7 december 2014.

De Air Task Force Middle East is nu meer dan 7 weken actief in het missiegebied. De F16’s maakten meer dan 1.000 vlieguren en wierpen ongeveer 100 bommen af.

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Ce matin, le 6 décembre, deux avions Mirage 2000D ont décollé de Jordanie pour leur première mission de reconnaissance armée au-dessus de l’Irak.

Premier vol opérationnel des Mirage 2000D sur le théâtre irakien

Neuf semaines après le début de l’opération Chammal, les armées françaises ont déployé un détachement de chasse en Jordanie avec le soutien des autorités du pays. Ce dispositif permet d’adapter l’engagement français dans la lutte contre Daech en réduisant les délais de transit des avions de chasse jusqu’à la zone d’opérations. Le détachement est actuellement articulé autour de trois Mirage 2000D, arrivés en Jordanie le 28 novembre. Trois autres appareils complèteront ce détachement dans les jours à venir.

Parallèlement, les Rafale déployés dans le golfe arabo-persique (GAP) vont poursuivre leurs missions en les orientant principalement sur le renseignement dans la profondeur. Ils pourront cependant renforcer à tout moment la capacité de frappe de la France.

Les militaires de la force Chammal poursuivent quotidiennement leurs missions de reconnaissance armée et de renseignement, afin d’appuyer l’action des forces armées irakiennes au sol.

Lancée le 19 septembre 2014 sous contrôle du contre-amiral Beaussant, commandant la zone océan Indien (Alindien), l’opération interarmées Chammal vise, à la demande du gouvernement irakien et en coordination avec les alliés de la France présents dans la région, à assurer un soutien aérien aux forces armées irakiennes dans leur lutte contre le groupe terroriste autoproclamé Daech.

December 5th 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec 3-5 using attack and bomber aircraft to conduct six airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 14 airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 3-5 using fighter, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.
In Syria, five airstrikes near Kobani destroyed six ISIL fighting positions and a heavy weapon.
Near Dayr Az Zawr, an airstrike destroyed three ISIL vehicles, an ISIL excavator and struck a ISIL training camp.
In Iraq, four airstrikes near al-Qaim destroyed four ISIL checkpoints, four ISIL armored vehicles, four ISIL bunkers, five ISIL fortifications and struck a tactical ISIL unit.
Near Kirkuk, three airstrikes destroyed an ISIL-occupied building, two vehicle IEDs and struck three tactical ISIL units.
Near Samarra, two airstrikes destroyed an ISIL fighting position and struck two tactical ISIL units.
Near Tal Afar, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL bunkers and an ISIL fortification.
Near Mosul, two airstrikes destroyed 11 ISIL bunkers, nine heavy weapons, an ISIL vehicle and struck two ISIL units.
Near Fallujah an airstrike struck a tactical ISIL unit [British]

On 5 December, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces ground operations conducted in an area north-east of Mosul, two Canadian Armed Forces CF-188 Hornets successfully struck ISIL fighting positions consisting of two bunkers and two heavy machine gun emplacements by using precision-guided ammunition.

RAF aircraft struck a large concentration of ISIL vehicles last night [December 4th-5th] as the UK continued its work as part of an international coalition in the fight against terrorism. Two RAF Tornado GR4s were tasked to investigate reported ISIL activity near Fallujah. A group of ISIL vehicles, including armed pick-up trucks and lorries, was identified and, having confirmed that there were no civilians or friendly forces in close proximity, the jets dropped a cluster of Paveway IV precision guided bombs on the vehicle group.

A single truck appeared to survive the initial strike, but was accounted for by a Brimstone missile.

A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft also saw action over Iraq [presumably Mosul given France says 7 nations participated in strikes there], attacking an ISIL vehicle with a Hellfire missile. Combined with the targeted military action in northern Iraq, a British Army training team continues to provide infantry training to Kurdish peshmerga.

Le 5 décembre 2014, la force Chammal a de nouveau participé à un raid aérien planifié de la coalition, dans le Nord-Est de l’Irak, visant à détruire des positions de combat de l’organisation terroriste autoproclamée Daech.

Tôt ce matin (7h00, heure de Paris), une patrouille de deux Rafale équipés de missiles AASM s’est jointe à une opération aérienne interalliée regroupant une quinzaine d’avions de sept pays de la coalition.

Elle visait à neutraliser une vingtaine d’objectifs constitués de points d’appui, de postes de tir, de bunkers et de postes de commandement utilisés par Daech à environ 20 kilomètres au Nord-Est de Mossoul. Au cours d’un vol de près de six heures, les Rafale français ont attaqué les trois objectifs qui leur étaient assignés appuyant ainsi directement les unités irakiennes engagées au combat au sol contre Daech.

December 3rd 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Dec 1-3 using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct 14 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq Dec. 1-3 using fighter, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft against the ISIL terrorists.
In Syria, 14 airstrikes near Kobani destroyed an ISIL vehicle, 17 ISIL fighting positions, and an ISIL staging area. Also, those airstrikes suppressed eight other fighting positions and struck a large ISIL unit.
In Iraq, four airstrikes near Mosul destroyed five ISIL bunkers, two ISIL-occupied buildings, an ISIL vehicle, a ISIL fighting position and two heavy weapons. In addition, those airstrikes also struck a large ISIL unit and a tactical ISIL unit.
Near Ramadi, two airstrikes destroyed four ISIL vehicles.
Near Tal Afar, an airstrike destroyed an excavator and struck a tactical ISIL unit.
Near Sinjar an airstrike destroyed four ISIL-occupied buildings and two ISIL tractor trailers.
Near Hit, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
Near al Qaim, an airstrike destroyed four ISIL vehicles.
Near Fallujah an airstrike destroyed 12 ISIL vehicles, two ISIL weapon facilities and struck a tactical ISIL unit. [British]

Royal Air Force aircraft struck a large concentration of ISIL vehicles last night [December 2nd-3rd] as the UK continued its work as part of an international coalition in the fight against terrorism. Two RAF Tornado GR4s were tasked to investigate reported ISIL activity near Fallujah. A group of ISIL vehicles, including armed pick-up trucks and lorries, was identified and, having confirmed that there were no civilians or friendly forces in close proximity, the jets dropped a cluster of Paveway IV precision guided bombs on the vehicle group.

A single truck appeared to survive the initial strike, but was accounted for by a Brimstone missile.

A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft also saw action over Iraq, attacking an ISIL vehicle with a Hellfire missile.

December 1st 2014: U.S. military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria Nov. 28-Dec. 1 using fighter, bomber and remotely-piloted aircraft to conduct 27 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and partner nation military forces conducted 28 airstrikes in Iraq Nov. 28 – Dec. 1 using attack, fighter, and remotely-piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists.

In Syria, 17 airstrikes near Kobani destroyed two ISIL-occupied buildings, three ISIL tanks, three ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL armored personnel carrier, three ISIL vehicles and two ISIL staging areas, and also struck seven tactical ISIL units. The airstrikes also targeted six ISIL fighting positions and damaged an ISIL-occupied building.

Near Ar Raqqah, nine airstrikes struck an ISIL electronic warfare garrison, an ISIL military garrison, an ISIL headquarters, an ISIL jamming system, an ISIL tank and 14 ISIL vehicles.

Near Aleppo, a U.S. airstrike struck a target associated with a network of veteran al Qa’ida operatives, sometimes called the “Khorasan Group.”

In Iraq, 13 airstrikes near Mosul destroyed four tactical ISIL units, two large ISIL units, two fighting positions, three armored vehicles, seven vehicles, two ISIL trucks and a bulldozer. Additionally, these airstrikes destroyed heavy weapons to include two heavy machine guns, a mortar position and an anti-aircraft artillery emplacement as well as an ISIL-occupied building and a tunnel entrance [includes Canada].

Near Sinjar, an airstrike destroyed two ISIL-occupied buildings [French].

Near Tal Afar, five airstrikes destroyed 19 ISIL vehicles, two ISIL bunkers, an ISIL compound and struck a tactical ISIL unit [British].

Near Hit, three airstrikes destroyed an ISIL checkpoint, an ISIL bunker, and an excavator and struck a tactical ISIL unit and also damaged another ISIL checkpoint [with Canada].

Near Tal Talab, two airstrikes destroyed three ISIL fighting positions and struck a tactical ISIL unit.

Near Tirkrit, two airstrikes destroyed three ISIL vehicles and struck two large ISIL units [British].

Near Kirkuk, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

Near Ramadi, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle and struck a tactical ISIL unit.

Le lundi 1er décembre 2014, à 8h30 heure de Paris, une patrouille de reconnaissance armée de deux avions de chasse a bombardé une position du groupe terroriste autoproclamé Daesh.

Les équipages ont décollé dans la nuit afin d’assurer une mission planifiée d’appui aérien aux forces de sécurité irakiennes dans le nord de l’Irak. uelques heures auparavant, les moyens de la coalition avaient repéré un check-point terroriste au sud-ouest du Mont Sinjar, une zone en état de siège qui fait régulièrement l’objet d’assauts de la part des groupes de Daech.

Après avoir été orientés sur zone par le CAOC (Centre des opérations aériennes), les Rafaleéquipés de bombes guidées laser et de pod de désignation ont procédé à l’identification des objectifs et confirmé la présence d’un poste de contrôle aux mains de Daech.

Les équipages ont immédiatement neutralisé la menace. Les Rafale de la patrouille ont chacun délivré et guidé une bombe GBU12 afin de détruire les deux structures qui constituaient le check-point tenu par l’organisation terroriste.

1st December 2014 – A Tornado GR4 patrol investigated a reported ISIL compound near Tal Afar in north-western Iraq and found a group of armoured personnel carriers. These were successfully attacked using Brimstone missiles.

A further pair of Tornado GR4s came to the support of Iraqi forces engaged in a major firefight with ISIL near Tikrit. Two terrorist positions were identified and the precision of the Brimstone missile system allowed both targets to be engaged without risk to friendly forces.

Meanwhile, an RAF Reaper remotely piloted aircraft on a separate patrol was able to attack 3 ISIL positions with Hellfire missiles.

Another Reaper conducted a reconnaissance patrol in northern Iraq. Two ISIL positions and a vehicle were located by the Reaper’s crew, allowing coalition fast jets to conduct strikes on each in turn. The Reaper then identified a further ISIL position and engaged it with 1 of its own Hellfire missiles.

On 28 November 2014, coalition missions were conducted in support of Iraqi security forces ground operations in the vicinity of Hit, Anbar Province. Canadian CF-188 Hornets struck an ISIL position using precision-guided munitions.

On 30 November 2014, coalition missions were conducted in an ISIL-controlled area, south-south-east of Mosul, in support of Iraqi security forces ground operations in the area. Canadian CF-188 Hornets struck ISIL positions using precision-guided munitions. Striking ISIL fighting positions degrades ISIL fighting capabilities and supports the Iraqi security forces’ freedom of movement in the region.