The RAF carried out a number of “successful” air strikes on oil fields controlled by the Islamic State, the Ministry of Defence says.
The RAF is to extend its Tornado mission against Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq for a further year, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.
The UK’s air assault on Islamic State (IS) began with two RAF Tornado GR4 bombers attacking targets in Iraq: one using a Paveway IV precision-guided munition (PGM) to destroy an IS heavy weapon position that was engaging Kurdish forces, the other firing a Brimstone missile at an armed pick-up truck.
Royal Air Force jets have attacked two Islamic State (IS) targets in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.