On Wednesday 17 June, Tornado GR4s from RAF Akrotiri flew to north-western Iraq [Tal Afar] to provide close air support for peshmerga operations in the area. The GR4s took over from another coalition flight, which had already conducted successful air strikes in the area, and our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to hit three more terrorist positions which had opened fire on the Kurdish forces, including two ISIL heavy machine-gun teams.