Royal Australian Air Force conducts first operational flight into Syria,Australian aircraft accept completed their aboriginal operation in Syria, defence admiral said on Saturday, just canicule afterwards Canberra continued the mission from Iraq to bigger action Islamic State jihadists.The Australian Air Task Accumulation completed its aboriginal operational mission in Syria overnight, abiding to abject in the Middle East after incident," the defence administration said in a statement.
"No weapons were appear during the mission."
The account added that two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornets, a KC-30A air-to-air refuelling aircraft and E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Ascendancy aircraft were used.
Australia Air Task Accumulation Commander, Air Commodore Stu Bellingham said the Hornets were analytic for adversary action in eastern Syria, advertisement to the all-embracing coalition's Combined Air Operations Centre.
"The Hornets were aswell able for any abbreviate apprehension top antecedence tasking which could cover surveillance and weapons release," Bellingham said.
Australia was already allotment of the affiliation angry IS in Iraq but this anniversary continued air operations into Syria, adage the acknowledged abject was the aggregate self-defence of Iraq adjoin the jihadist accumulation which does not account borders.
"We cannot defeat Daesh in Iraq after acquisition Daesh in Syria too," Prime Minister Tony Abbott said if he fabricated the announcement, application the alternating name for the agitated jihadists who ascendancy swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Australian aircraft will abide to plan and conduct air strikes adjoin Daesh as allotment of the affiliation accomplishment to agitate and abase the group's stronghold, the defence administration account said.
"Daesh controls a ample bulk of area in eastern Syria that serves as a antecedent of application and oil revenues, and as a abject from which it continues to barrage attacks into Iraq," Bellingham added.
"No weapons were appear during the mission."
The account added that two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18A Hornets, a KC-30A air-to-air refuelling aircraft and E-7A Airborne Early Warning and Ascendancy aircraft were used.
Australia Air Task Accumulation Commander, Air Commodore Stu Bellingham said the Hornets were analytic for adversary action in eastern Syria, advertisement to the all-embracing coalition's Combined Air Operations Centre.
"The Hornets were aswell able for any abbreviate apprehension top antecedence tasking which could cover surveillance and weapons release," Bellingham said.
Australia was already allotment of the affiliation angry IS in Iraq but this anniversary continued air operations into Syria, adage the acknowledged abject was the aggregate self-defence of Iraq adjoin the jihadist accumulation which does not account borders.
"We cannot defeat Daesh in Iraq after acquisition Daesh in Syria too," Prime Minister Tony Abbott said if he fabricated the announcement, application the alternating name for the agitated jihadists who ascendancy swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq.
Australian aircraft will abide to plan and conduct air strikes adjoin Daesh as allotment of the affiliation accomplishment to agitate and abase the group's stronghold, the defence administration account said.
"Daesh controls a ample bulk of area in eastern Syria that serves as a antecedent of application and oil revenues, and as a abject from which it continues to barrage attacks into Iraq," Bellingham added.
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