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Members of the current RAAF Air Task Group assemble for a group photo to commemorate three years of operations. ATG Commander AIRCDRE Terry van Haren is at front. defence
Okra
AUTHOR: Andrew McLaughlin
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The RAAF’s Air Task Group marks three years on operations in the fight against ISIS
Operation Okra is the ADF’s contribution to an international force to oust Daesh or ISIS/ISIL from Iraq and Syria. Australia was ‘invited’ to participate in the coalition by the government of Iraq, and serves alongside a coalition of partner nations.
US airstrikes against DAESH targets commenced on August 8 after the extremist group rapidly spread from northern Syria into Iraq and threatened the annihilation of the minority Yazidi people in that region.
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