Iraq put airstrikes on positions of YOKES

The Air Force of Iraq performed the first air operation against the group forbidden in Russia «Islamic state». Positions of fighters were fired by fighters of the American production F-16, declared in the Pentagon, transfers to Reuters.

«We are happy that the Iraq military and air forces successfully applied planes of the most advanced technology in the international campaign for destruction of YOKES», – the representative of the Pentagon Peter Cook declared. According to him, deliveries of military planes to Iraq will proceed.

Earlier it became known that the USA direct on Turkish military base the fighters F-16 for fight against «The Islamic state».