UK MoD for September 12, 2016 – September 13, 2016
Original
Annotated
Monday 12 September – a Reaper destroyed three terrorist mortars near Qayyarah in northern Iraq…Iraqi ground forces, having liberated first the nearby airfield, then the town of Qayyarah from Daesh, continue to conduct offensive operations in the surrounding area and north towards Al Hawd. They have been well supported by coalition aircraft, with Royal Air Force Reapers putting their ability to remain on patrol for extended periods of time to valuable use in hunting down Daesh mortar teams attempting to conduct harassing fire against the Iraqi advance. On Monday 12 September, one Reaper successfully located and attacked, using Hellfire missiles, three different terrorist mortars near Qayyarah.
Monday 12 September – a Reaper destroyed three terrorist mortars near Qayyarah in northern Iraq…Iraqi ground forces, having liberated first the nearby airfield, then the town of Qayyarah from Daesh, continue to conduct offensive operations in the surrounding area and north towards Al Hawd. They have been well supported by coalition aircraft, with Royal Air Force Reapers putting their ability to remain on patrol for extended periods of time to valuable use in hunting down Daesh mortar teams attempting to conduct harassing fire against the Iraqi advance. On Monday 12 September, one Reaper successfully located and attacked, using Hellfire missiles, three different terrorist mortars near Qayyarah.
-
The canopy of anopy of an F/A-18E Super Hornet is cleaned aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (US Navy)