The British continue to support the advance of Iraqi forces on the stronghold of Fallujah from the air: an area in which, since the liberation of the Euphrates area, the RAF has already registered the destruction of 96 objectives Daesh.
In the last 10 days the reactors of the Royal Air Force stationed at the base of Akrotiri (Cyprus) have continued with their missions of armed reconnaissance and air support against Daesh in Iraq and Syria, completing the following results:
On Sunday a training of Typhoon flying over Fallujah 6 scored laser-guided bombs Paveway IV eliminating buildings where IS militants were barricaded with machine gun nests, artillery posts and RPGs. All the targets served as a block in the areas of the city where the Iraqi army was able to penetrate.
In the north of Iraq a MQ-9 drone Reaper has eliminated missiles with 2 Hellfire two groups of militants in the area north of Bayji. A Tornado Gr4 intervened in his support by eliminating a third group of militants with a missile Brimstone. The Tonka then proceeded on his mission to Mosul, where he 'delivered' a Paveway IV on a rocket launcher identified during a reconnaissance.
On Monday during a reconnaissance in the eastern part of Syria, a patrol of Tornado he eliminated a bomb truck under a tarpaulin in Deir ez-Zor. A missile was used Brimstone (air-to-ground missile).
In the same hours a drone Reaper successfully completed three missile attacks Hellfire, destroying a vehicle and a group of terrorists following him. Four machine gun positions that held back the Iraqi advance in Fallujah were eventually eliminated with bombs Paveway IV from an education of Typhoon.
On Tuesday, a pair of UAVs (unmanned serial vehicles) conducted five attacks in support of Iraqi forces north of Bayji. Their missiles Hellfire (Helicopter launched fire and forget) have eliminated 2 vehicles loaded with ammunition and fuel and vehicle armed with an anti-aircraft gun.
A laser-guided GBU-12 bomb was used instead to silence a mortar station that targeted Iraqi positions.
In the same hours a Typhoon hit a rocket launcher position northwest of Mosul.
Last Thursday (16 June) a mixed formation of Tornado Gr4 and of Typhoon has eliminated four machine-lit positions on the ground by Iraqi JTACs using laser-guided bombs Paveway IV. In the previous days UAVs Reaper they had eliminated with missiles Hellfire 2 armored vehicles carrying a group of fighters of the caliphate in the area of Qayyarah.
In the area of Fallujah different formation of 'Tonka' and of Typhoon they eliminated with bombs Paveway IV and missiles Brimstone 12 targets on Sunday only (13 June). The targets were buildings occupied by Daesh militants, machine-gun posts, RPG-armed squads, anti-tank guns and armed pick-ups. A factory for the preparation of bomb trucks has been eliminated during a night raid.
In the following two days i Typhoon they eliminated sniper and machine gun positions with their laser-guided 12 bombs, and a post equipped with an 23 mm anti-aircraft gun along the advance line into Fallujah. The United Kingdom has deployed within the 'Shader' operation, part of the anti-ISIS effort of the International Coalition, 6 multi-role fighter Eurofighter Typhoon, 10 fighter bombers Panavia Tornado Gr4 and an unknown number of MQ-9 drones Reaper.
(photo: US Air Force)
