Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for January 8, 2018 – January 9, 2018
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Report Date

January 9, 2018

Monday 8 January – a Reaper conducted four attacks on terrorists in eastern Syria whilst supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces, whilst Typhoons demolished a Daesh command post…Operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces to clear Daesh from the Euphrates valley in eastern Syria have continued to receive extensive support from Royal Air Force aircraft flying reconnaissance and close air support missions. A Reaper tracked terrorists manoeuvring to the north-east of Abu Kamal on Monday 8 January, and conducted four successful attacks, with three Hellfire missiles and a GBU-12 guided bomb, against extremists on foot and a Daesh pair moving at high speed on a motorcycle across the desert. Two Typhoon FGR4s were also active over the area on the same day, and they used Paveway IV guided bombs to demolish a building which had been identified as a terrorist command post.

Report Date

January 9, 2018

Monday 8 January – a Reaper conducted four attacks on terrorists in eastern Syria whilst supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces, whilst Typhoons demolished a Daesh command post…Operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces to clear Daesh from the Euphrates valley in eastern Syria have continued to receive extensive support from Royal Air Force aircraft flying reconnaissance and close air support missions. A Reaper tracked terrorists manoeuvring to the north-east of Abu Kamal on Monday 8 January, and conducted four successful attacks, with three Hellfire missiles and a GBU-12 guided bomb, against extremists on foot and a Daesh pair moving at high speed on a motorcycle across the desert. Two Typhoon FGR4s were also active over the area on the same day, and they used Paveway IV guided bombs to demolish a building which had been identified as a terrorist command post.