RAF jets 'authorised to engage targets on the ground'

Name: RAF jets 'authorised to engage targets on the ground'
Uploaded: 2014-09-27T12:30:06.000Z
Duration: 56 s
Description: Two RAF armed jets are on their first mission over Iraq since Parliament authorised air strikes targeting Islamic State (IS) militants.

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Two RAF armed jets are on their first mission over Iraq since Parliament authorised air strikes targeting Islamic State (IS) militants.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Tornado jets took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.

Jonathan Beale reports.

27 September 2014