Posted on 10/08/2014 5:09:19 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Overnight the Australian Air Task Group operating in the Middle East attacked its first target in Iraq.
Two bombs were dropped from an F/A-18F Super Hornet on to an ISIL facility.
All aircraft exited the target area safely and returned to base.
No further details of this mission are available at this time.
Further information will be provided when Defence conducts its next Operation OKRA update briefing.
Holy Crap! They dropped two(2) bombs! That will hurt.
A cloud rises from the impact of an airstrike near a hill in Kobani where ISIL militants had raised their flag. Australian planes have begun carrying out their own bombing missions against ISIL facilities. (Getty) Read more at http://www.9news.com.au/world/2014/10/09/09/27/australian-planes-drop-first-bombs#TEqDX5LoS45Os6Kv.99
I’m hoping it’s where they land, not the number dropped that makes a difference.
It is - and with precision bombing, you can do a lot with a little.
And these planes can only drop bombs if they are given targets - and the way the command is set up, those targets are given to them by American controllers based on American intelligence judgements. I would not be surprised - especially given that Australian aircraft have only just started flying combat missions over Iraq - if the Americans aren’t primarily tasking US aircraft first where possible.
http://www.petercliffordonline.com/syria-iraq-news-4/
TIMELINE 8th OCTOBER 2014 13.20 GMT – UPDATED 20.48 GMT:
Despite predictions to the contrary, the US-led Coalition airstrikes on Kobane brought a temporary halt at least yesterday, Tuesday, to Islamic State (IS) incursions into the city.
On Monday IS fought their way into suburbs in the east, west and south-west, putting the YPG militia under terrible pressure. However, a series of Coalition airstrikes, at least 8 in number throughout Tuesday, according to journalists, seem to have hit the Islamic States rear positions, stalling their advance...
Where are they operating from? Cyprus, Jordan, Iraq?
Al Minhad Air Base in the United Arab Emirates.
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