Iraq

(asked on 9th February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many United Kingdom military air sorties were carried out in Iraq over the last two years in January; and how many of those resulted in the firing of weapons or dropping of bombs.


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Lord Astor of Hever Portrait
Lord Astor of Hever
This question was answered on 24th February 2015

The UK has deployed two types of armed aircraft in the operation against ISIL; the Tornado GR4 and the Reaper, Remotely Piloted Air System. As at 31 January 2015, these aircraft have flown 374 missions and released 206 weapons against ISIL targets in Iraq.

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