EXCLUSIVE: RAF Middle East Commander Says IS Threat Is Fading
1,247RAF Typhoons have dropped bombs over Northern Iraq as Iraqi Security Forces came under attack from Daesh fighters.
In an exclusive interview with Forces News, the RAF’s Commander for Middle East Operations says the threat from Daesh is reducing.
Jets based at RAF Akrotiri have been flying missions against so-called Islamic State for seven years as part of Operation Shader.
Air Commodore Simon Strasdin spoke to our Cyprus reporter Sian Grzeszczyk as he visited personnel at the base.
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