Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for September 24, 2016 – September 25, 2016
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Report Date

September 25, 2016

Saturday 24 September – a Reaper provided close air support to Iraqi operations in the Tigris valley and conducted four attacks on terrorist targets…On Saturday 24 September, a Reaper was again flown over the Tigris, near Qayyarah, where it provided surveillance support to a coalition air strike that destroyed a Daesh headquarters. The Reaper then turned its attention to several groups of extremists out in the open. Hellfire attacks struck one mortar team and two groups of terrorists. A few survivors of the attacks then boarded a motorboat, hoping to make their escape across the Tigris, but a fourth Hellfire sank them at the mooring.

Report Date

September 25, 2016

Saturday 24 September – a Reaper provided close air support to Iraqi operations in the Tigris valley and conducted four attacks on terrorist targets…On Saturday 24 September, a Reaper was again flown over the Tigris, near Qayyarah, where it provided surveillance support to a coalition air strike that destroyed a Daesh headquarters. The Reaper then turned its attention to several groups of extremists out in the open. Hellfire attacks struck one mortar team and two groups of terrorists. A few survivors of the attacks then boarded a motorboat, hoping to make their escape across the Tigris, but a fourth Hellfire sank them at the mooring.

  • Cleaning of the landing gear of an F/A-18C Hornet (US Navy)