RAAF completes first strike over Syria

written by australianaviation.com.au | September 17, 2015

Op OKRA — The two RAAF F/A-18A Hornets peel away from the KC-30A tanker whilst returning to base after striking a ISIL armoured personnel carrier in Syria. (Defence)

The Australian Air Task Group (ATG) has carried out its first strike against an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) target in eastern Syria.

Former minister Kevin Andrews stated that two Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Hornets identified an armoured personnel carrier that was hidden in an ISIL compound, and reported back to the Combined Air Operations Centre via the E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control platform.

“Upon receiving authorisation to proceed, one of the Hornets employed a precision guided weapon to destroy the target,” Andrews said on September 16.

In an update to Parliament Andrews said that as at “13 September, the Air Task Group had completed a total of 408 ADF airstrike missions over Iraq.”

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