[Iraq News] The Royal Canadian Air Force announced today that it had carried out an airstrike against ISIS targets on Thursday, October 30. A formation of CAF-18 Hornets have joined the US-led operation against ISIS by carrying out an air strike against one of the militantsâ locations.Noteworthy, Canada has contributed six CF-18 fighter jets, one air-to-air refueling aircraft and two surveillance aircraft while extending the deployment of up to 69 military advisors and army personnel to support Iraqi forces.
| The Times of Israel adds: |
Canada has deployed six CF-18s along with a C-150 Polaris and two CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft as its contribution to the bombing campaign against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group. About 600 Canadian airmen and airwomen are involved.
| Possibly that personnel number has an extra zero... |