Military Reports

Military Reports

CJTF–OIR for June 15, 2016 – June 16, 2016
Original
Annotated

Report Date

June 16, 2016

On June 15, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using bomber, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and bomber, ground-attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed four ISIL oil well heads.

* Near Manbij, six strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle, and six ISIL command and control nodes.

Iraq

* Near Al Baghdadi, two strikes destroyed an ISIL bunker and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Al Huwayjah, one strike struck an ISIL oil compound.

* Near Bayji, one strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system.

* Near Fallujah, three strikes [1 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed 10 ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL heavy machine guns, an ISIL light machine gun, an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), two ISIL rocket propelled grenade systems, and an ISIL recoilless rifle and denied ISIL access to terrain.

* Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Kisik, one strike struck an ISIL foreign fighter weapons storage facility.

* Near Mosul, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

* Near Qayyarah, five strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and an ISIL VBIED facility and destroyed four ISIL assembly areas, two ISIL mortar systems, five ISIL vehicles, two ISIL tunnel systems, two ISIL bunkers, and an ISIL command and control node.

* Near Ramadi, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL staging area, an ISIL weapons cache, an ISIL rocket propelled grenade system, and an ISIL light machine gun.

* Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed eight ISIL rocket systems and an ISIL assembly area and suppressed a separate ISIL tactical unit.

Report Date

June 16, 2016

Report Summary

  • 27 total strikes
  • 7 in Syria
  • 20 in Iraq

Report Summary

  • 27 total strikes
  • 20 in Iraq (8870 – 8889)
  • 7 in Syria (4204 – 4210)

Confirmed Actions

US, UK

On June 15, coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria and Iraq. In Syria, coalition military forces conducted seven strikes using bomber, attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. Additionally in Iraq, coalition military forces conducted 20 strikes coordinated with and in support of the Government of Iraq using rocket artillery and bomber, ground-attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL targets. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted against ISIL since the last press release:

Syria

June 15, 2016
Syria: 7 strikes
Iraq: 20 strikes
Near Abu Kamal, one strike destroyed four ISIL oil well heads.
Near Manbij, six strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions, an ISIL vehicle, and six ISIL command and control nodes.

Iraq

Near Al Baghdadi, two strikes destroyed an ISIL bunker and suppressed an ISIL tactical unit.
Near Al Huwayjah, one strike struck an ISIL oil compound.
Near Bayji, one strike destroyed an ISIL mortar system.
Near Fallujah, three strikes [1 British] struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed 10 ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL heavy machine guns, an ISIL light machine gun, an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), two ISIL rocket propelled grenade systems, and an ISIL recoilless rifle and denied ISIL access to terrain.
Near Haditha, one strike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL vehicle.
Near Kisik, one strike struck an ISIL foreign fighter weapons storage facility.
Near Mosul, three strikes struck two separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles.
Near Qayyarah, five strikes struck three separate ISIL tactical units and an ISIL VBIED facility and destroyed four ISIL assembly areas, two ISIL mortar systems, five ISIL vehicles, two ISIL tunnel systems, two ISIL bunkers, and an ISIL command and control node.
Near Ramadi, one strike struck a large ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL fighting position, an ISIL staging area, an ISIL weapons cache, an ISIL rocket propelled grenade system, and an ISIL light machine gun.
Near Sultan Abdallah, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed eight ISIL rocket systems and an ISIL assembly area and suppressed a separate ISIL tactical unit.
  • A French Air Force Mirage 2000 receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, over Iraq, June 15, 2016 [US Air Force]