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Monday 2 October: With Syrian Democratic Forces continuing to fight Daesh to the north-east of Dayr az Zawr, a Royal Air Force Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flew overwatch. An SDF unit reported being engaged in close combat with several terrorists, and the Reaper’s crew intervened, successfully targeting the extremists with a Hellfire missile attack.
Wednesday 4 October: A flight of
Typhoons supported Iraqi forces as they advanced to liberate Hawijah.
Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to remove two threats which the Iraqi troops encountered: a terrorist mortar team, and a truck-bomb which was blocking a road to the north-east of the town. Meanwhile, a pair of Tornados were tasked to deal with a second truck-bomb which had been positioned by terrorists to the north-east of Bayji. The vehicle was destroyed by a direct hit from a Brimstone missile.
Thursday 5 October: Intelligence had confirmed that a group of three buildings in eastern Syria, some forty miles south-east of Hasakah and close to a border crossing into Iraq, was being used as a base by Daesh.
Two Typhoons conducted a carefully planned attack, each of the three buildings being struck with a Paveway IV.Friday 6 October: a Reaper again patrolled north-east of Dayr az Zawr; its crew delivered attacks with Hellfire missiles on three groups of terrorists, including one manning a heavy weapon, and also supported two further strikes by coalition aircraft. Two Tornados supported the Syrian Democratic Forces inside Raqqa as they cleared remaining terrorist positions in the north-west of the city. Despite the SDF being very close to the target, the Tornados delivered a precision attack with a Paveway on a Daesh group firing from a building.
Saturday 7 October:
Typhoons also operated over Raqqa, and bombed three further terrorist positions in the north-west of the city.Thursday 12 October: This included two Tornado GR4s providing close air support to the Syrian Democratic Forces in Raqqah. A Paveway IV guided bomb was deployed to target the upper storeys of a building from which a Daesh sniper was firing, and a second weapon struck another building from which terrorists were engaged in a combat with the SDF.
Monday 9 October: a Reaper spotted a concealed truck-bomb, which allowed a coalition fast jet to destroy it with an accurate strike. The Reaper then dealt with a second such truck-bomb using its own Hellfire missiles, which resulted in a very large secondary explosion when the vehicle was hit, proving the presence of explosives.
Tuesday 10 October: a further Reaper armed reconnaissance mission identified a terrorist setting up a machine-gun position; he was killed by a Hellfire shortly after he opened fire. The Reaper’s crew used a second Hellfire to destroy an armoured truck manned by several Daesh extremists, again to the north-east of Dayr az Zawr.
Thursday 12 October: over western Iraq, another Tornado flight dropped four Paveways on a Daesh camp in the desert, some 60 miles south-west of Ramadi.
Friday 13 October: A Reaper was again in action north-east of Dayr az Zawr; its crew observed a mortar being fired from a compound and scored a direct on the position with a Hellfire. The Reaper’s crew then provided surveillance support to a coalition air strike on another position in the area.
Saturday 14 October: a Reaper successfully engaged one small group of terrorists with a Hellfire, then provided support to two air strikes on further extremists operating on foot nearby.
Friday 20 October: a Reaper aircraft operated to the north-east of Dayr az Zawr. Observing a group of armed terrorists taking up position in a building ahead of the Syrian Democratic Forces, it fire a single Hellfire missile scoring a direct hit on the building and eliminating the group inside.
Wednesday 25 October: A flight of Tornados was alerted to a group of terrorists who had been spotted concealing themselves in a culvert under a road to the south-east of Dayr az Zawr, close to Syrian Democratic Forces. A Paveway IV guided bomb was used in a successful attack on the entrance to the culvert.
Thursday 26 October: two Tornados used Paveway IVs to target a pair of buildings, some 20 miles east of Al Qaim in western Iraq, where a number of extremists were present, with stockpiles of weapons. Both buildings were demolished by direct hits.
Friday 27 October: A further Tornado patrol in the area of Al Qaim identified a terrorist supply lorry; it was destroyed with a Brimstone missile. In the Euphrates valley to the west of Ash Shirwaniyah, a second Tornado flight meanwhile used a pair of Paveway IVs to strike a Daesh-held building, then used another Brimstone to knock out an armed truck.
Sunday 29 October:
Typhoon FGR4s supported the Syrian Democratic Forces south-east of Dayr az Zawr, attacking a terrorist position with a Paveway. In western Iraq, two Tornados conducted simultaneous attacks on a command post and a weapons stockpile, both located some five miles south of Husaybah.
Me refiero a que cuando tengan más Reapers (ya firmados), más misiones que podrán cubrir. Hablando de COIN en entorno permisivo, claro.
