AKROTIRI, Cyprus (AP) — British Tornado and Typhoon aircraft stationed at a U.K. air base in Cyprus are pounding Islamic State targets ahead of a major offensive by Iraqi security forces next month to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from IS militants, a senior Royal Air Force officer says. Air Commodore Sammy Sampson said Iraqi forces are confident they can retake the country's second-largest city from IS and that British warplanes will provide the needed support to get the job done. Another key component of the air campaign is the intelligence that aircraft have been able to collect with sophisticated on-board equipment on how IS operates, which have allowed coalition forces to shift tactics to make the airstrikes more effective. Since the start of the September 2014 air campaign against IS, Typhoon and Tornado jets based at RAF Akrotiri have dropped a combined 1,600 bombs and missiles on IS targets. An Associated Press reporter and photographer were among a handful of journalists permitted to fly aboard the U.K.'s Voyager tanker aircraft, which conducted midair refueling for those warplanes over central Iraq. "Daesh is falling back and not making any advances, and air support has been a strong enabler of that," said a Typhoon pilot who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with British Ministry of Defense rules.
Uk: British Warplanes Bomb Is To Support Iraqi Push On Mosul
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