RAF Tornado Returns to Base After Iraqi Air Strike

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    The first Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 to drop weapons in support of Operation Shader in Iraq returns to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on 30 September, 2014. The Tornado engaged a heavy artillery position with a Paveway IV laser-guided bomb and a machine gun-mounted pickup truck with a Brimstone air-to-ground missile.

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