RAF foils insurgent bombers in Afghanistan

10 Apr 2014 03:43 PM

Royal Air Force Tornado fast jets have scattered insurgents and helped to capture lethal explosives. 

Two RAF Tornado GR4 fast jets protected civilians and Afghan-led international forces on the ground by scattering insurgents who were attempting to plant a roadside bomb ahead of an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) convoy.

Using the advanced Litening III surveillance pod, the aircraft, from Number 2 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, helped ISAF troops capture and destroy a lethal quantity of explosives that could have claimed many lives.

The jets’ aircrew spotted insurgents placing the deadly improvised explosive device (IED) just hundreds of metres ahead of a convoy of US and Afghan troops, which the squadron had been called in to support following an earlierIED blast.

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