Middle East: Military Intervention

(asked on 14th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK combat aircraft are flying combat missions against ISIS in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq.


Answered by
Michael Fallon Portrait
Michael Fallon
This question was answered on 17th December 2015

The UK has 16 manned combat aircraft flying combat missions against Daesh in both Syria and Iraq. This number includes RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft. There are also a number of RAF Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) deployed to the Middle East that are flying combat missions in both Iraqi and Syrian airspace.

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