Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for April 7, 2016 – April 8, 2016
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Report Date

April 8, 2016

Thursday 7 April – Tornados and Typhoons attacked a number of Daesh targets in northern Iraq, including terrorists engaged in close combat with Kurdish forces…The Tornados were in action again over northern Iraq on Thursday 7 April, when they used a Paveway to destroy a truck-bomb positioned ahead of Kurdish troops south of Kirkuk. They then destroyed a machine-gun position on the Little Zab River using a Brimstone missile. Near Qayyarah, a Typhoon flight supported Kurdish troops who had come under fire from a number of Daesh positions. Two terrorist-held buildings were destroyed, and a group of extremists caught manoeuvring in the open were also struck with a Paveway.

Report Date

April 8, 2016

Thursday 7 April – Tornados and Typhoons attacked a number of Daesh targets in northern Iraq, including terrorists engaged in close combat with Kurdish forces…The Tornados were in action again over northern Iraq on Thursday 7 April, when they used a Paveway to destroy a truck-bomb positioned ahead of Kurdish troops south of Kirkuk. They then destroyed a machine-gun position on the Little Zab River using a Brimstone missile. Near Qayyarah, a Typhoon flight supported Kurdish troops who had come under fire from a number of Daesh positions. Two terrorist-held buildings were destroyed, and a group of extremists caught manoeuvring in the open were also struck with a Paveway.