RAF jets pound ISIS with missiles as Brit servicemen go in search of revenge for London Bridge and Manchester terror attacks
Brit planes have been hunting down jihadis in Syria and Iraq
THE RAF has been pounding ISIS with air strikes since the London Bridge attack as brave Brit servicemen look for payback against the jihadis.
Eight people were killed and dozens more injured when a trio of Islamist fanatics ploughed a van into crowds before going on a stabbing spree in Borough Market last week.
ISIS has since claimed responsibility for the atrocity through its propaganda agency Amaq.
But British planes have been hunting down the jihadis in their Middle East heartlands to exact revenge for the brutal attack.
Speaking on Sunday, PM Theresa May said it was time to get tough with the terrorists, vowing: “Enough is enough.”
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The RAF has dropped numerous bombs on ISIS positions in Syria and Iraq this week, destroying vehicles and equipment and killing fighters.
One picture taken last week showed a Hellfire missile intended for the terror group with the message “love from Manchester” scrawled on it.
A statement from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said: “West of Kirkuk, a pair of Tornados used a Paveway IV to destroy a Daesh strongpoint, whilst two mixed pairs of Tornados and Typhoons delivered five attacks in Mosul with four Brimstones and a Paveway against a truck-bomb, three sniper teams and a group with rocket-propelled grenades.”
The statement adds: “A further mixed pair conducted three further attacks in Mosul on Sunday 4 June, using a Brimstone to deal with a sniper, and two Paveway IVs against a pair of Daesh-held buildings from which fire was being directed at Iraqi troops.
“On Monday 5 June, two Typhoons, supporting Syrian Democratic Forces close to Raqqa, used a Paveway IV to strike a Daesh-held building in the east of the city itself.
“Tornados meanwhile continued operations over Mosul, and employed a pair of Brimstone missiles to deliver pinpoint attacks on two firing positions located in a large multi-storey building, where the terrorists had stationed a recoilless anti-tank gun and a machine-gun.”
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