Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for April 14, 2016 – April 15, 2016
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Report Date

April 15, 2016

Thursday 14 April – Typhoons and Tornados struck further Daesh targets in northern and western Iraq, including boats being used by the terrorists to flee from the town of Hit…Thursday 14 April saw Tornados patrolling over northern Iraq, providing close air support to Kurdish forces in the areas south of Sinjar and Kisik. Successful Paveway attacks accounted for a Daesh mortar team and destroyed the entrance to a tunnel system where a number of terrorists were reported to be hiding. Near Qayyarah, Typhoons destroyed a Daesh-held building, again using a Paveway IV. In western Iraq, as the last Daesh fighters pulled out of Hit, a Tornado flight employed two Brimstone missiles to sink boats used by them to cross the Euphrates.

Report Date

April 15, 2016

Thursday 14 April – Typhoons and Tornados struck further Daesh targets in northern and western Iraq, including boats being used by the terrorists to flee from the town of Hit…Thursday 14 April saw Tornados patrolling over northern Iraq, providing close air support to Kurdish forces in the areas south of Sinjar and Kisik. Successful Paveway attacks accounted for a Daesh mortar team and destroyed the entrance to a tunnel system where a number of terrorists were reported to be hiding. Near Qayyarah, Typhoons destroyed a Daesh-held building, again using a Paveway IV. In western Iraq, as the last Daesh fighters pulled out of Hit, a Tornado flight employed two Brimstone missiles to sink boats used by them to cross the Euphrates.

  • A Royal Australian Air Force Aircraft Refueller prepares to refuel an Australian F/A-18A Hornet fighter aircraft prior to conducting a sortie over the Middle East (Aus MoD)