So having a single aircraft deliver a single weapon against a lone ISIL vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of buildings and vehicles and weapon systems in a compound, for example, having the cumulative effect of making that facility (or facilities) harder or impossible to use.Īccordingly, CJTF-OIR does not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of individual munition impact points against a target. All aircraft returned to base safely.Ī strike, as defined in the CJTF releases, means one or more kinetic events that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a single, sometimes cumulative effect for that location. Near Qayyarah, one strike destroyed an ISIL weapons storage facility.Īirstrike assessments are based on initial reports.Near Mosul, four strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units destroyed five fighting positions, three mortar systems, three ISIL-held buildings, a vehicle, a crane, a weapons factory, a VBIED, and a mortar position damaged 12 supply routes and suppressed four mortar positions.Near Haditha, one strike damaged a fighting position.Near Al Huwayjah, one strike destroyed an ISIL-held building.Near At Tanf, four strikes destroyed two VBIEDs.Near Ar Raqqah, 17 strikes engaged 14 ISIL tactical units destroyed 12 fighting positions, three oil storage tanks, a VBIED, and an oil well head damaged two supply routes and suppressed a tactical unit.
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