Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for September 20, 2016 – September 21, 2016
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Report Date

September 21, 2016

Tuesday 20 September – a Reaper conducted three attacks on terrorist activity near Sharqat in northern Iraq, while Typhoons destroyed a Daesh fuel store in western Iraq…Paveway IV-armed Typhoons bombed a Daesh fuel store north of Ramadi on Tuesday 20 September, whilst a Reaper flew overwatch for an Iraqi army brigade as it advanced near Sharqat. The Reaper provided support to two coalition air attacks which destroyed a truck bomb, another terrorist vehicle and a large group of extremists, then used a GBU-12 guided bomb to conduct its own attack on a further group of insurgents spotted in the open. The Reaper’s crew tracked two terrorists as they went to a building and collected a second truck-bomb which was concealed under a carport, then followed the truck-bomb as it was driven away from an inhabited area. As the truck-bomb rendezvoused with another Daesh vehicle, it was struck with a Hellfire missile. Both vehicles were destroyed by the subsequent blast.

Report Date

September 21, 2016

Tuesday 20 September – a Reaper conducted three attacks on terrorist activity near Sharqat in northern Iraq, while Typhoons destroyed a Daesh fuel store in western Iraq…Paveway IV-armed Typhoons bombed a Daesh fuel store north of Ramadi on Tuesday 20 September, whilst a Reaper flew overwatch for an Iraqi army brigade as it advanced near Sharqat. The Reaper provided support to two coalition air attacks which destroyed a truck bomb, another terrorist vehicle and a large group of extremists, then used a GBU-12 guided bomb to conduct its own attack on a further group of insurgents spotted in the open. The Reaper’s crew tracked two terrorists as they went to a building and collected a second truck-bomb which was concealed under a carport, then followed the truck-bomb as it was driven away from an inhabited area. As the truck-bomb rendezvoused with another Daesh vehicle, it was struck with a Hellfire missile. Both vehicles were destroyed by the subsequent blast.