The US Navy has carried out an air strike on Islamic militants in Iraq, mere hours after President Barack Obama authorised US forces to conduct aerial attacks in the region.
Two of the USN’s Boeing F/A-18E/F Hornets dropped 226kg (500lb) laser-guided bombs on a “mobile artillery piece” near Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm John Kirby says.
The strike was carried out at 06:45EDT on 8 August against an artillery piece being used by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group. The group was aiming to shell Kurdish forces defending the city, where US personnel are also located.
The Super Hornets were operating from the USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier, which is deployed in the Arabian Gulf.
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