Following our tenth anniversary review of Operation Ellamy – the UK’s contribution to the UN-approved intervention over Libya in 2011 – in our January 2022 issue, Jon Lake describes the RAF Typhoon Force’s baptism of fire in the multi-role domain during the conflict
A lot can change in a decade. In February 2022, pairs of RAF-operated Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4s thunder into Mediterranean skies from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, twice per day, six days a week. They are flying sorties in support of Operation Shader, the UK’s contribution to the ongoing multinational military intervention against Islamic State (IS). Their role is to help defeat IS across Iraq and Syria, attacking insurgents with overwhelming but precisely targeted effect.
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