Footage of a strike on an ISIL armed pick-up truck, using a Brimstone missile.

1 oct. 2014 Royal Air Force

As announced by the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft were in action over Iraq this afternoon, 30 September 2014, as part of the international coalition’s operations to support the democratic Iraqi Government in the fight against ISIL.

In the course of an armed reconnaissance mission from RAF Akrotiri, two Tornados were tasked to assist Kurdish troops in north-west Iraq who were under attack from ISIL terrorists.

This footage shows a Brimstone missile strike on an ISIL armed pick-up truck in Iraq.