Tuesday 18 October – Typhoons attacked a cluster of improvised explosive devices, a weapons stockpile and a strong-point to the north-east of Mosul. A Reaper struck an armed truck and two groups of terrorists to the south-east of the city….A Reaper was again in action south-east of Mosul on Tuesday 18 October. A Hellfire missile killed a group of terrorists engaged in combat with Iraqi troops. A second Hellfire also accounted for another group of extremists as they moved between positions, and a third destroyed an armed truck. North-east of the city, a pair of Typhoons used Paveway IVs to destroy a number of improvised explosive devices laid in a defensive belt, as well as a weapons stockpile and a Daesh strong-point.