United Kingdom jets strike ISIS oilfield as Typhoons fly their first missions

Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon walks under the nose of a Eurofighter Typhoon with Lt General John Lorimer, prior to speaking to pilots and ground crew at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, as RAF jets at the base continue bombing runs over Syria.

United Kingdom jets carried out the second wave of airstrikes Syria yesterday night, in a bid to destroy Islamic State (Isis) controlled oil fields, which the British government says are being used to fund terror attacks on the West. British warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria early Thursday, hours after Parliament voted to authorize air attacks against Islamic State group targets there.

On Thursday, four Tornado jets launched the first air strikes, hitting the Omar oil fields in eastern Syria.

Mr Fallon was visiting the base today, where he thanked 200 military personnel for their work but could make no assurances about the length of the campaign, telling them only that it would not be short.

USA central command said coalition military forces conducted 11 strikes in Syria on Friday using both fighter jets and drones, as well as 12 strikes in Iraq against Isis targets.

“We will hit them harder. They’ve been making a lot of money out of oil”, said Fallon.

It is because of who we’re in the West as well as Britain that we’ve this death cult that is special.

It came as David Cameron insisted British war planes could help bring about a political settlement in Syria.

“A terrorist sniper team opened fire from a compound on Iraqi troops, but was silenced by a direct hit from a Paveway IV guided bomb”, the MoD said.

The UK Ministry of Defence said Tornado GR4s were involved in fighting against ISIS militants near the city of Ramadi on Friday.

But the Free Syrian Army opposition group has claimed British intervention is “just a few more jets” over the course of a long campaign.