Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for August 22, 2016 – August 23, 2016
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Report Date

August 23, 2016

Monday 22 August – Typhoons attacked terrorists hiding in a cave in northern Iraq, as well as their transport vehicle…On Monday 22 August, two Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s operated over northern Iraq. A group of Daesh extremists had been located, sheltering in a cave amongst hills on the southern bank of the Tigris, overlooking the river, some miles to the north-west of Mosul. The Typhoons used one Paveway IV guided bomb to attack the cave entrance, and a second to destroy the terrorists’ vehicle, parked on a nearby track.

Report Date

August 23, 2016

Monday 22 August – Typhoons attacked terrorists hiding in a cave in northern Iraq, as well as their transport vehicle…On Monday 22 August, two Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s operated over northern Iraq. A group of Daesh extremists had been located, sheltering in a cave amongst hills on the southern bank of the Tigris, overlooking the river, some miles to the north-west of Mosul. The Typhoons used one Paveway IV guided bomb to attack the cave entrance, and a second to destroy the terrorists’ vehicle, parked on a nearby track.