Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for September 18, 2016 – September 19, 2016
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Report Date

September 19, 2016

Sunday 18 September – Typhoons bombed several terrorist targets in western Iraq, while Tornados hit three targets north of Mosul and a Reaper destroyed a vehicle near Qayyarah…A Reaper was again active near Qayyarah on Sunday 18 September, when it destroyed a terrorist truck with a Hellfire missile. To the north of Mosul, Tornados employed an Enhanced Paveway II and a Paveway IV to strike a Daesh strongpoint and an armed truck, then used a second Paveway IV to attack a group of terrorists on foot. Intelligence had identified a Daesh facility in western Iraq, close to the Syrian border, and Typhoon FGR4s used three Paveway IV bombs against this target, then provided close air support to Iraqi forces operating north-west of Ramadi: three more Paveway IVs accounted for a group of rocket launchers and a weapons cache.

Report Date

September 19, 2016

Sunday 18 September – Typhoons bombed several terrorist targets in western Iraq, while Tornados hit three targets north of Mosul and a Reaper destroyed a vehicle near Qayyarah…A Reaper was again active near Qayyarah on Sunday 18 September, when it destroyed a terrorist truck with a Hellfire missile. To the north of Mosul, Tornados employed an Enhanced Paveway II and a Paveway IV to strike a Daesh strongpoint and an armed truck, then used a second Paveway IV to attack a group of terrorists on foot. Intelligence had identified a Daesh facility in western Iraq, close to the Syrian border, and Typhoon FGR4s used three Paveway IV bombs against this target, then provided close air support to Iraqi forces operating north-west of Ramadi: three more Paveway IVs accounted for a group of rocket launchers and a weapons cache.