The ADF has been conducting air combat operations in the Middle East as part of a broader coalition in the fight against the so-called Islamic State as part of Operation OKRA.
Australian F/A-18A Hornet multi-role fighters have been employed as part of the Air Task Group in the continuing fight to curb the territory controlled by the terrorist group.
The aircraft are capable of air to air and air to ground missions.
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According to the vision tweeted by the ADF, the aircraft are “striking targets to disrupt and degrade Daesh” (the Arabic language acronym for Islamic State).
Dramatic footage is then shown of missiles hitting a ground target and causing extensive damage.
That footage is of a strike on a former agricultural facility, being used as a bomb-making factory by Daesh in the north of Iraq.
The video shows a simultaneous weapons strike by the Hornets and the destruction of the facility.
Secondary explosions provide proof the site was a weapons facility.
The aircraft are then shown being refuelled midair by a KC-30a multi-role tanker.
Operation OKRA is the ADF’s contribution to the international fight against IS.
The vision was shared on the official account for HQ Joint Task Force 633, which exercises command and control over the ADF in the Middle East region.
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Source: Australian Defence Force ISIS Daesh Iraq Syria Operation Okra | Perth Now
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