RAF Eurofighters pound ISIL oil field in Syria

Shortly after arriving at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus from RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Eurofighters bombed the ISIL-controlled Omar oilfield in eastern Syria on Dec. 4.

Typhoon Aircraft Armed with Paveway IV MOD 45150450
Photo: Sgt Gordy Elias/MOD [OGL], via Wikimedia Commons

The strike force, consisting of two Tornado GR4s and two Eurofighters, took out the wellheads at the oilfield using Paveway IV smart bombs.

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