20-01-2015 – kl. 14:43 – Missionerne, som de danske fly har deltaget i, har været offensive, og de danske fly har i den forløbne periode deltaget i missioner i områderne omkring Bayiji og Al-Anbar provinsen.

De danske fly har primært fløjet missioner, der kaldes Close Air Support-missioner (CAS), hvor flyene er indsat direkte som luftstøtte til styrker på landjorden. Her vil flyene patruljere over et bestemt område, hvorefter de vil kunne blive indsat af koalitionen, når der er behov for støtte.

Luftstøtten kan også her 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 bygninger og fjendtlige styrker.

På de missioner, hvor de danske F-16 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.

I løbet af de seneste 12 missioner har de danske fly kastet seks bomber.

Siden første mission den 16. oktober 2014 har det danske bidrag i alt fløjet 151 missioner og anvendt 99 bomber. Alle de danske bomber er præcisionsstyrede, hvilket vil sige, at de styres mod deres mål af enten laser eller GPS.

On Jan. 18, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 15 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 11 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists. All strikes took place between 8 a.m., Jan. 18, and 8 a.m., Jan. 19, local time. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, 11 airstrikes struck two large ISIL units and eight ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL fighting positions, two ISIL staging positions, and an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Aleppo, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Al Hasakah, three airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and an ISIL artillery system.

Iraq

* Near Bayji, three airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and a large ISIL unit and destroyed three ISIL buildings.

* Near Ar Rutbah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle.

* Near Taji, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Fallujah, an airstrike struck a large ISIL unit.

* Near Ramadi, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and a large ISIL unit and destroyed an ISIL building.

* Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and a large ISIL unit and destroyed two ISL buildings and an ISIL artillery system.

* Near Baghdad, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL building.

Reapers continued to provide support to the Iraqi army on Sunday 18 January – in the afternoon a Hellfire was used to strike a heavy machine-gun position that threatened Iraqi soldiers nearby, then during the night a further 3 missiles were used to target a large terrorist group as they began an attack on an Iraqi position.

Tornado GR4s were also active in the early hours of Monday morning [January 19th], flying armed reconnaissance in western Iraq, close to the Syrian border. An armoured personnel carrier was identified near Al Qaim and hit by a Brimstone missile. Continuing their patrol to the north east, the GR4s caught another group of ISIL vehicles attacked with a Paveway IV bomb.

On January 18, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces ground operations northwest of Mosul, CF-188 Hornets successfully struck an ISIL fighting position by using precision guided munitions.

Een overzicht van Defensie-operaties in de week van 12 tot en met 18 januari 2015.
Midden-Oosten
Nederlandse F-16’s gooiden in 20 vluchten 7 bommen op doelen van terreurorganisatie ISIS. Ze troffen daarmee strijders, posities, voertuigen en gebouwen.
Nederlandse trainers begonnen in Erbil en Bagdad met voorbereidingen en proeftrainingen voor Iraakse en Koerdische commando’s en infanteristen.

On Jan. 17, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 15 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted nine airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists. All strikes took place between 8 a.m., Jan. 17, and 8 a.m., Jan. 18, local time. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, 11 airstrikes struck two ISIL fighting positions and five ISIL tactical units and destroyed five ISIL staging positions and six ISIL fighting positions.

* Near Ar Raqqah, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

* Near Al Hasakah, three airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL checkpoints, an ISIL vehicle, two ISIL structures, an ISIL bunker, an ISIL shipping container, and an ISIL artillery system.

Iraq

* Near Bayji, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL sniper position and an ISIL fighting position.

* Near Al Asad, five airstrikes struck five ISIL tactical units and destroyed four ISIL buildings.

* Near Sinjar, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL heavy weapon position and an ISIL building.

* Near Mosul, two airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle and an ISIL building.

On Jan. 16, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, bomber, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft to conduct 13 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted 16 airstrikes in Iraq, using attack, fighter, and remotely piloted aircraft against ISIL terrorists. All strikes took place between 8 a.m., Jan. 16, and 8 a.m., Jan. 17, local time. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, 11 airstrikes struck an ISIL tank, three ISIL fighting positions, and four ISIL tactical units, and destroyed an ISIL tank and eight ISIL fighting positions.

* Near Abu Kamal, an airstrike struck an ISIL vehicle and destroyed an ISIL checkpoint.

* Near Dawr az Zawr, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit.

Iraq

* Near Hit, two airstrikes struck two ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL vehicles.

* Near Al Qaim, two airstrikes struck an ISIL checkpoint and destroyed an ISIL excavator.

* Near Bayji, two airstrikes [British] struck a large ISIL unit and an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed five ISIL buildings.

* Near Taji, five airstrikes struck five ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL buildings.

* Near Al Asad, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Sinjar, two airstrikes [1 Canadian] struck two ISIL tactical units and an ISIL fighting position and destroyed two ISIL buildings.

* Near Mosul, two airstrikes [1 Canadian] struck an ISIL tactical unit and an ISIL fighting position and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.

Friday [January 16th] saw another Tornado patrol supporting the Iraqi army in its operations near Bayji. Three positions were identified and were struck simultaneously with Paveways. A fourth Paveway was used shortly afterwards against a further ISIL position near by.

That evening, an RAF Reaper, operating elsewhere in Iraq, identified another group of terrorists who had just attacked an Iraqi unit and conducted 2 successful attacks with Hellfire missiles.