warfare.today - RAF Flying Fewer Sorties Against ISIS

RAF Flying Fewer Sorties Against ISIS – Warfare.Today

Warfare.today Spined HTML

RAF Flying Fewer SortiesVersusISIS – 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 Flying Fewer SortiesVersusISIS Posted on September 3, 2018 by Liam, Editor, Warfare.Today Is Op SHADER Coming to an End? In August, the RAF flew only three sorties versus ISIS (aka Islamic State, Daesh) targets in Iraq and Syria, equal to the latest Ministry of Defence release of September 3. RAF Tornados and a Reaper drone flew fewer gainsay missions in August than June this year, prompting speculation that ISIS is finally near total military defeat on the ground. ISIS Denied Operational Presence in IraqEqualto the MOD, support is standing to be given by Royal Air Force and other coalition watercraft to the Iraqi security forces as they maintain their efforts to prevent the Islamic State from re-establishing an operational presence in the country. This resulted in only two gainsay missions over Iraq in August. A coalition surveillance watercraft identified a terrorist truck unseen under trees in a remote zone of countryside, some 40 miles east-north-east of Tikrit. A flight of Tornado GR4s from RAF Akrotiri, supported by a Voyager air refuelling tanker, conducted a successful wade on the vehicle using a single Paveway IV guided flop on Wednesday 1 August. Armed reconnaissance patrols unfurled to be flown daily by RAF watercraft over Syria and Iraq, and on Friday 17 August, a Daesh target was identified in northern Iraq. Terrorists had occupied a large towers in the desert, a number of miles to the west-north-west of Bayji. Once a coalition surveillance watercraft had checked the surrounding zone for any signs of civil presence, a pair of Tornados conducted an wade with Paveway bombs which demolished the towers and moreover destroyed a vehicle used by the terrorists. A remoter terrorist was observed on foot tropical by without the attack, and was struck by a Brimstone missile. Hellfire in Syria On Thursday 23 August, a Reaper patrolled over the Euphrates valley in Syria. A towers occupied by Daesh was identified, and hit with a single Hellfire missile. Fewer RAF Missions Flown in July and August than in June In June 2018, the RAF flew 13 gainsay missions versus ISIS targets. This dropped to 3 missions in July, the same number of missions flown in August.  This dramatic waif may be the result in a transpiration of tactics or greater accent on other methods available. The US, for example, is standing to provide heavy firepower for Operation Roundup, releasing imagery of howitzers in action. The numbers could moreover indicate that the Islamic State is finally near total military defeat in Iraq and Syria. Source: MOD Image: RAF Tornado, RAF Marham, low level flying over Wales, by SAC Tim Laurence (Crown Copyright, 2015). Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related Bayji Daesh hellfire missiles Iraq ISIL ISIS Islamic State MQ-9 Reaper Paveway IV RAF RAF Akrotiri Syria Tikrit Tornado Voyager Post navigation « Operation TANGHAM: The British Army in SomaliaUpdate on US OperationsVersusAQAP, Yemen » Trending on Warfare.Today Search for: Recent Posts Confirmed: Some British Soldiers Will Stay in Germany RAF Scrambles as Russian Bombers Approach UK Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD2018) British Army to Buy 500 Boxers Afghan Special Forces Capture ISIS-K Fighters Recommended WebsitesRoyal Navy British Army Royal Air Force Ministry of Defence Warfare.Today by SubjectWarfare.Today by Subject Select Category Academic Conference Afghanistan Afghanistan Africa Air Anglo-Zulu War Atlantic Resolve Australia Battlespace Bosnia and Herzegovina British Army Call for Papers Canada Central Asia China Cobra Gold Communications Cyber Czech Republic Defence Events Defence Exhibition Defence Industry News Desert Storm DoD Dynamic Front Eastern Europe Egypt Electronic Warfare Enhanced Forward Presence Estonia Europe Exercises Far East First World War Flintlock Foal Eagle France Freedom’s Sentinel Germany Historical Conflicts HM Armed Forces India India Information Warfare Inherent Resolve Intelligence Services Iran Iraq Israel Ivory Coast Japan Jordan Land Latvia Lithuania Malaysia Mali Medical Middle East Military Operations MOD Munich Security Conference NATO News Nigeria North Korea Northern Ireland Operation BILOXI Operation CABRIT Operation RUMAN Operation Shader Operation Sophia Operation TORAL Operation TRENTON Poland RAF RAF+ Resolute Support Reviews Romania Romania Royal Marines Royal Navy Russia Saudi Arabia Scotland Sea Second World War SitReps Sociological Warfare Somalia South Korea South Sudan Sweden Syria Syria Technology Terrorism Ukraine Uncategorized United Kingdom US Air Force US Army US Marine Corps US Marines US Military US National Guard US Navy War Studies Weapons Yemen Zapad Archives October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 Warfare.Today on TwitterMy TweetsSubscribe by RSSRSS - PostsRSS - Comments Subscribe to Warfare.Today Get all the news in your inbox as it happens for free. Name Email * About Warfare.Today Putting you at the heart of the fighting: Warfare.Today is an online magazine devoted to current military operations and development, technology, defence news and security analysis. We yank on a massive range of sources to unhook holistic reporting wideness the defence sector. MESSAGE Like most websites, we uses cookies to enhance your visit. If you're OK with this, then simply standing to use this site implies your consent, or click the sawed-off on the right. Cookies are covered in our privacy policy. Warfare.Today Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Copyright © 2016-2018 Warfare.Today | All Rights Reserved