Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for March 7, 2017 – March 8, 2017
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Report Date

March 8, 2017

Tuesday 7 March – Tornados eliminated a sniper team in Mosul, while Typhoons cut a road linking Mosul with Daesh positions to the north-west…Similar work was performed by Paveway-armed Typhoons the following day [March 7th], when they cut a major highway leading out of Mosul towards positions still held by Daesh to the north-west of the city. Inside Mosul, a Tornado flight used a Paveway IV to deal very effectively with a sniper team which was holding up an Iraqi advance.

Report Date

March 8, 2017

Tuesday 7 March – Tornados eliminated a sniper team in Mosul, while Typhoons cut a road linking Mosul with Daesh positions to the north-west…Similar work was performed by Paveway-armed Typhoons the following day [March 7th], when they cut a major highway leading out of Mosul towards positions still held by Daesh to the north-west of the city. Inside Mosul, a Tornado flight used a Paveway IV to deal very effectively with a sniper team which was holding up an Iraqi advance.

  • Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush signal pilots in preparation for flight operations, March 8th (US Navy)