UK warplanes make first sorties over Iraq
RAF jets have made their first strike sortie against the Islamic State (Isis) terror group. As two Tornado jets took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, David Cameron said Britain was playing its part in an international coalition aimed at destroying the “appalling terrorist organisation”. After the jets returned to base seven hours later, the […]Mark Tran writes for the Guardian :
RAF jets have made their first strike sortie against the Islamic State (Isis) terror group. As two Tornado jets took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, David Cameron said Britain was playing its part in an international coalition aimed at destroying the “appalling terrorist organisation”.
After the jets returned to base seven hours later, the MoD said their first combat mission had not struck any targets. Officials said the sorties had, however, gathered “invaluable intelligence” in the quest to degrade Isis’s infrastructure. “Although on this occasion no targets were identified as requiring immediate air attack by our aircraft, the intelligence gathered by the Tornados’ highly sophisticated surveillance equipment will be invaluable.”
