Update: air strikes against Daesh

Summary

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Detail

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Previous update

Royal Air Force aircraft have continued to fly missions over Iraq and Syria in support of the global coalition against the Daesh terrorist movement. On MondayTuesday 2514 October,December 2021, hostile drone activity was detected around the crewAt Tanf coalition base in Syria. A pair of aTyphoon remotelyFGR4s pilotedfrom Reaper,Royal armedAir withForce HellfireAkrotiri missiles,were trackedconducting aone knownof terroristtheir inregular northernpatrols Syria,over nearSyria theand cityIraq as part of Rasthe alglobal Ayn,coalition against Daesh, and atwere tasked to investigate. On arrival in the At Tanf area, the pilots were able to identify a safesmall moment,hostile whendrone, and despite the individualdiminutive wassize aloneof the target, succeeded in aconducting field,an carriedair outto aair successfulengagement strike.with an ASRAAM (Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile) which eliminated the threat it posed to coalition forces.

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