塞浦路斯阿克罗蒂里空军基地
Photo by UK Air Force/Cpl Neil Bryden | 2014-09-30 15:56:19 | ZA560/050 (cn 082/BS024/3044)
塞浦路斯阿克罗蒂里空军基地,英国空军一架“狂风”GR4 战斗轰炸机完成空袭任务后从伊拉克西北部返回基地,此次行动中投射了一枚“宝石路”IV 制导炸弹来攻击ISIL阵地以协助库尔德人地面部队,此后又发射一枚“硫磺”导弹击毁一辆ISIL武装皮卡车。(RAF Tornado GR4's on return to RAF Akrotiri Cyprus after armed mission in support of OP SHADER. In the course of an armed reconnaissance mission from RAF Akrotiri, two Tornados were tasked to assist Kurdish troops in north-west Iraq who were under attack from ISIL terrorists. On arriving overhead, the RAF patrol, using their Litening III targeting pod, identified an ISIL heavy weapon position which was engaging Kurdish ground forces. One Paveway IV guided bomb was used to attack the ISIL position. Following this engagement, the patrol identified an ISIL armed pick-up truck in the same area and conducted an attack on the vehicle using a Brimstone missile. An initial assessment indicates that both precision strikes were successful.)