ISIS rockets target British RAF jets
RAF fighter jets. File photo.
(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – The commander of British air war revealed that ISIS made attempts to shoot down RAF jets with surface-to-air missiles in Iraq.
Martin Sampson, commander of the UK’s air war, said,: “They try to shoot at our aeroplane. When they do, they expose themselves and invariably when they expose themselves, we strike them.”
“There is always the possibility that the piece of air that you are flying through could be contested. It might be contested by an ISIS bullet or an ISIS missile,” he said.
“As the campaign changes they will try different tactics and certainly firing at coalition aircraft is a tactic which thus far has proved to be pretty fool hardy for those who are doing it,” Sampson added.
Air Commander Sampson said he could not recall a British aircraft being damaged by ground fire and that they have not had anything that’s caused us any problems.
RAF aircraft have carried out more than 200 strikes to help Iraqi and Kurdish troops maneuvering on Mosul since during the last four months.