In the early hours of Tuesday 13 January, an RAF Reaper was once again providing air support to the peshmerga in the north of Iraq when an ISIL vehicle was identified being used to reopen a terrorist communications route previously damaged by an attack. The RPAS hit the vehicle with Hellfire missiles and initial analysis suggests that the vehicle was successfully destroyed.

Le lundi 12 janvier, les chasseurs français sont de nouveau intervenus dans la région de Mossoul afin de neutraliser un poste de combat depuis lequel les combattants de Daech opéraient des tirs de mortier.

12-01-2015 – kl. 16:42– De danske F-16-fly, der er udsendt som bidrag til Operation Inherent Resolve, har siden seneste opdatering 5. januar fløjet 9 missioner og anvendt 6 bomber.

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 Bayji og Al-Anbar-regionen. Målene for bomberne har været fjendtlige styrker.

De danske fly har fløjet 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 vil variere afhængig af, hvad der er behov for. Det kan både dreje sig om overvågningsopgaver og bombninger af mål.

Derudover har de danske fly gennemført flere missioner, der kaldes Airborne Alert Interdiction. Ved denne type missioner patruljerer flyet i luften, samtidig med at piloten får udpeget nogle objekter og steder på jorden, der skal ses nærmere på. Hvis der her lokaliseres og identificeres militære mål, kan flyene på samme måde som under Close Air Support-missioner (CAS) beordres til at angribe disse mål.

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.

Siden første mission den 16. oktober 2014, har det danske bidrag i alt fløjet 139 missioner og anvendt 93 bomber. Alle de danske bomber er præcisionsstyrede, hvilket vil sige, at de styres mod deres mål ved hjælp af enten laser eller GPS.

On Jan. 11, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, fighter, and bomber aircraft to conduct 11 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. 11, and 8 a.m., Jan. 12, local time. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, nine airstrikes struck two large ISIL units and an ISIL tactical unit, and destroyed 10 ISIL fighting positions, five ISIL buildings, and two ISIL staging positions.

* Near Abu Kamal, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL excavator.

* Near Dawr az Zawr, an airstrike struck an ISIL oil refinery.

Iraq

* Near Bayji, four airstrikes struck four ISIL tactical units and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions.

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

* Near Al Qaim, two airstrikes destroyed two ISIL armored vehicles and 10 ISIL fighting positions.

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

* Near Tal Afar, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL artillery system and an ISIL checkpoint.

* Near Al Asad, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL rocket launcher and an ISIL vehicle.

* Near Sinjar, an airstrike struck a large ISIL unit and destroyed two ISIL buildings.

* Near Mosul, five airstrikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and two large ISIL units, and destroyed four ISIL vehicles, an ISIL VBIED, two ISIL armored vehicles, an ISIL semi-truck, an ISIL mortar system, three ISIL buildings, three ISIL boats, and an ISIL tank.

On 11 January 2015, while taking part in coalition missions in support of Iraqi security forces (ISF) ground operations conducted south of Bayji, two CF-188 Hornets successfully struck an ISIL fighting position using precision guided munitions.

Lors d’une mission de reconnaissance armée le dimanche 11 janvier 2015, deux avions de chasse français sont intervenus contre Daech, guidés par un drone tactique qui suivait des combats au sol. Leur action a permis la neutralisation de combattants dans une zone de combat située au nord de Falloujah.

Een overzicht van Defensie-operaties in de week van 5 tot en met 11 januari 2015.

Midden-Oosten

Na 375 missies en meer dan 200 keer de wapens te hebben ingezet, keerde het eerste F-16-detachement uit het Midden-Oosten in Nederland terug. Het F16-detachement is ingezet om de opmars van ISIS tegen te gaan met 6 F-16’s en 250 militairen.

Het nieuwe detachement vloog afgelopen week inmiddels meerdere missies boven verschillende provincies van Irak. Daarbij zetten zij wapens in tegen doelen en strijders van ISIS. In Erbil en Bagdad arriveerden de eerste trainers voor de Iraakse en Koerdische strijdkrachten.

On Jan. 10, U.S. and Coalition military forces continued to attack ISIL terrorists in Syria, using attack, fighter, and bomber aircraft to conduct 10 airstrikes. Separately, U.S. and Coalition military forces conducted nine airstrikes in Iraq, using attack and fighter aircraft against ISIL terrorists. All strikes took place between 8 a.m., Jan. 10, and 8 a.m., Jan. 11, local time. The following is a summary of the strikes conducted since the last press release:

Syria

* Near Kobani, nine airstrikes destroyed 15 ISIL fighting positions.

* Near Abu Kamal, an airstrike struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed an ISIL shipping container, an ISIL vehicle, and an ISIL supply cache.

Iraq

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

* Near Al Asad, an airstrike struck a large ISIL unit and destroyed two ISIL buildings.

* Near Sinjar, three airstrikes struck three ISIL tactical units and an ISIL building, and destroyed an ISIL sniper firing position and an ISIL building.

* Near Mosul, four airstrikes struck an ISIL armored vehicle, an ISIL tactical unit, and a large ISIL unit and destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle, five ISIL vehicles, and 21 ISIL boats.