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OPERATION OKRA
A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A ''Hornet'' prepares to depart on a mission to strike a Deash headquarters compound in Mosul, Iraq, from Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East region. *** Local Caption *** The Royal Australian Air Force Air Task Group recently launched a large-scale early morning airstrike on a key Daesh headquarters compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Under the cover of darkness, a pair of F/A-18A ''Hornet'' fighter aircraft dropped a total of six two-thousand pound penetrating bombs on the target, destroying the building from the inside and causing the large structure to implode on itself. The two-story building set on the edge of a lake was a key Daesh operational headquarters for the city that also functioned as a training facility.
The Air Task Group is operating as part of Operation OKRA at the request of the Iraqi Government within a US-led international coalition assembled to disrupt and degrade Daesh operations in the Middle East Region. The Air Task Group comprises six RAAF F/A-18A ''Hornet'' fighter aircraft, an E-7A ''Wedgetail'' airborne command and control aircraft, and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport air-to-air refuelling aircraft. Additionally, Australia has personnel working in the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre and embedded with the US Tactical Command and Control Unit.
The Air Task Group is directly supported by elements of Operation ACCORDION including the Theatre Communications Group, Air Mobility Task Group, and the Combat Support Unit. These groups provide continuous combat support to sustain air operations in the Middle East Region. There are up to 350 personnel deployed at any one time as part of, or in direct support of, the Air Task Group.
OPERATION OKRA
A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A ''Hornet'' prepares to depart on a mission to strike a Deash headquarters compound in Mosul, Iraq, from Australia's main air operating base in the Middle East region. *** Local Caption *** The Royal Australian Air Force Air Task Group recently launched a large-scale early morning airstrike on a key Daesh headquarters compound in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Under the cover of darkness, a pair of F/A-18A ''Hornet'' fighter aircraft dropped a total of six two-thousand pound penetrating bombs on the target, destroying the building from the inside and causing the large structure to implode on itself. The two-story building set on the edge of a lake was a key Daesh operational headquarters for the city that also functioned as a training facility.
The Air Task Group is operating as part of Operation OKRA at the request of the Iraqi Government within a US-led international coalition assembled to disrupt and degrade Daesh operations in the Middle East Region. The Air Task Group comprises six RAAF F/A-18A ''Hornet'' fighter aircraft, an E-7A ''Wedgetail'' airborne command and control aircraft, and a KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport air-to-air refuelling aircraft. Additionally, Australia has personnel working in the Combined Air and Space Operations Centre and embedded with the US Tactical Command and Control Unit.
The Air Task Group is directly supported by elements of Operation ACCORDION including the Theatre Communications Group, Air Mobility Task Group, and the Combat Support Unit. These groups provide continuous combat support to sustain air operations in the Middle East Region. There are up to 350 personnel deployed at any one time as part of, or in direct support of, the Air Task Group.