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RAF Keep Up Pressure on Islamic State – Warfare.Today Facebook Twitter Current Military Operations Defence Industry News Defence Industry Events, Exhibitions and Tradeshows Warfare.Today AT THE HEART OF THE FIGHTING Home About News HM Armed Forces US Military Tech Cyber SitReps Ops Events Calendar Middle East News Operation Shader RAF RAF Keep Up Pressure on Islamic State Posted on August 3, 2018 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today RAF Missions ContinueVersusIslamic State Fighters in Iraq and Syria The Ministry of Defence has released the latest rundown on RAF operations versus the Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) in Iraq and Syria for 1 June to 18 July 2018 as part of Operation SHADER, the UK’s contribution to Operation Inherent Resolve. RAF Typhoon, Tornado and Reaper watercraft were deployed in a series of missions versus terrorist targets throughout the Euphrates region. On Friday 1st June a Typhoon flight employed a single Paveway IV to devastate a smaller writ post in the Euphrates Valley. An RAF Reaper remotely piloted watercraft patrolled over eastern Syria on Sunday 3 June. It provided surveillance support to a coalition air wade on a terrorist vehicle, then followed up with two attacks with its own Hellfire missiles versus a remoter Daesh writ post. Meanwhile, Typhoons used a Paveway IV to swoon the archway to a terrorist tunnel. A Reaper provided remoter tropical air support to the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Euphrates valley on Monday 4 June. An armed terrorist truck was reported to be to the north of Abu Kamal, and the Reaper’s hairdo were worldly-wise to identify the vehicle, parked under imbricate in an struggle to obfuscate it, without a thorough search. A Hellfire missile destroyed the vehicle, with a number of subsequent secondary explosions as weaponry on the vehicle unprotected fire. The pursuit day, flipside Reaper operated over eastern Syria, some ten miles east of Al Shadadi. A pair of Daesh terrorists were tracked on a motorcycle, and both were killed by a uncontrived hit from a Hellfire. Reaper operations east of Al Shadadi unfurled on Friday 8 June; a terrorist was tracked to a towers where he joined forces with other extremists, permitting the towers to be struck with a Hellfire. The Reaper’s hairdo then conducted a remoter successful wade with a Hellfire as Daesh fighters sought new positions without artillery fire destroyed their previous location. On Friday 9 June, a Reaper used a Hellfire to destroyed a pick-up truck armed with a 23mm gun, which had been unseen under trees east of Al Shadadi.FlipsideHellfire missile then dealt with a mortar in the same area, with a number of secondary explosions pursuit the wade on its position. A remoter Reaper wade east of Al Shadadi was conducted on Sunday 10 June, when our watercraft observed a light machine-gun position stuff set up in an orchard; a Hellfire quickly dealt with the threat. Intelligence had unliable the identification of a small cluster of Daesh locations subconscious in the hills south of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq. A flight of Typhoons were tasked with their destruction on Monday 11 June, and they delivered a simultaneous wade with Paveway IVs versus a tunnel and a cave, then a remoter wade to destroy a bunker dug into the hillside. The pursuit day, a Reaper was then in whoopee east of Al Shadadi; its hairdo spotted a mortar subconscious in trees and destroyed it with a uncontrived hit from a Hellfire, whilst a coalition watercraft then conducted a successful strike on the towers nearby where the terrorist team, who had been operating the mortar, were seen to be hiding. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s, supported by a Voyager air refuelling tanker, patrolled over eastern Syria on Monday 18 June. Daesh terrorists had been observed hiding an armoured truck inside a towers to the west of the verge with Iraq, and the Tornado flight was duly worldly-wise to destroy the building, and the vehicle therein, with a single Paveway IV guided bomb. Intelligence indicated that Daesh had a stockpile of weapons subconscious inside a grotto in a remote zone of the western Iraqi desert; a pair of Paveway-armed Typhoon FGR4s therefore attacked on Wednesday 20 June, as part of the standing effort to eradicate any attempts by the terrorists to resume operations within the country. On Thursday 21 June, coalition forces operating versus Daesh in the south of Syria were fired on by hostile positions, not believed to be held by Daesh. Although the coalition forces decided to withdraw to struggle to de-escalate the situation, one particular position unfurled to fire on them. As an act of joint self-defence, RAF Typhoons dropped a single Paveway IV on the position, which successfully removed the threat to our coalition partners. A Reaper crew, flying an armed reconnaissance patrol over eastern Syria, tropical to the Iraqi border, on Saturday 23 June, were tasked to investigate reports of a Daesh mortar stuff fired. Using the aircraft’s wide surveillance sensor suite, they were worldly-wise to identify terrorists delivering mortar weaponry into a treeline where the weapon was concealed. One Hellfire missile killed the terrorists, a second destroyed the mortar position itself. A Royal Air Force Reaper conducted an armed reconnaissance mission over the eastern confines of Syria on Thursday 5 July. A number of vehicles were seen and, without shielding surveillance, identified as a refugee convoy. However, remoter lanugo the road, a Daesh team was observed sepulture improvised explosive devices; given the threat these could pose to innocent traffic, an firsthand wade was conducted using a Hellfire missile which put an end to the terrorists’ activities. On Saturday 7 July, Typhoon FGR4s flew to northern Iraq, where a terrorist hibernate had been spotted, unseen in woodland on the wall of the Tigris to the north-west of Mosul. A single Paveway IV destroyed the site. RAF watercraft unfurled to fly daily reconnaissance missions to identify potential Daesh activity, but did not need to engage a target until Wednesday 18 July. A grotto in eastern Syria was confirmed as the location of a stockpile of terrorist weaponry, so a Reaper employed a GBU-12 guided flop to deny Daesh access. The weapon scored a uncontrived hit on the grotto archway and it was successfully collapsed. Operational Summary, June-July 2018 Friday 1 June – Typhoons hit a writ post in eastern Syria. Sunday 3 June – a Reaper attacked flipside writ post in eastern Syria, whilst Typhoons tabular the archway to a terrorist tunnel. Monday 4 June – a Reaper destroyed an armed terrorist truck unseen under imbricate in eastern Syria. Tuesday 5 June – a Reaper killed two terrorists on a motorcycle in eastern Syria. Friday 8 June – a Reaper demolished a Daesh-held towers in eastern Syria, and struck terrorists in the open. Saturday 9 June – a Reaper knocked out both an armed terrorist truck and a mortar in eastern Syria. Sunday 10 June – a Reaper eliminated a light machine-gun position in eastern Syria. Monday 11 June – Typhoons attacked a Daesh-occupied cave, tunnel and bunker in northern Iraq. Tuesday 12 June – a Reaper destroyed a terrorist mortar in eastern Syria. Monday 18 June – Tornados destroyed an armoured truck unseen inside a towers in eastern Syria. Wednesday 20 June – Typhoons attacked a grotto containing stockpiled weapons, in western Iraq. Thursday 21 June – Typhoons bombed a hostile position which persisted in firing on coalition forces in southern Syria. Saturday 23 June – a Reaper eliminated a Daesh mortar team spotted firing in eastern Syria. Thursday 5 July – a Reaper struck a terrorist team planting improvised explosive devices in eastern Syria. Saturday 7 July – Typhoons bombed a Daesh hibernate in northern Iraq. Wednesday 18 July – a Reaper sealed off a grotto containing stockpiled weapons in eastern Syria. Source: MOD Image: a Typhoon FGR4 aircraft, flown by 29 (R) Squadron from RAF Coningsby (Crown Copyright, 2018). 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