Operation Shader

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Operation Shader is the United Kingdom’s ongoing Royal Air Force campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, involving airstrikes, reconnaissance, and support to coalition forces.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Shader canonical 6
Operation Shader (Iraq and Syria) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air campaign
military operation
belligerentTarget Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
coalitionPartner Australia
Canada
France
United States of America
surface form: United States

other members of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL
commandedBy Permanent Joint Headquarters
surface form: Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood
conflict Operation Inherent Resolve
surface form: War against the Islamic State
country United Kingdom
legalBasis UK Parliament approval for extending airstrikes to Syria (2015)
UK Parliament approval for military action against ISIL in Iraq (2014)
notableLocation RAF Akrotiri
airbases in Iraq used by coalition forces
objective degrade ISIS military capability
support Iraqi Security Forces
support Syrian Democratic Forces
operator Royal Air Force
partOf Operation Inherent Resolve
surface form: Global coalition against Daesh

Operation Telic
surface form: United Kingdom military intervention against ISIL
rulesOfEngagement restricted to ISIS and associated targets
serviceBranch British Army Air Corps (for some rotary-wing support in Iraq)
Royal Air Force
Fleet Air Arm
surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (for carrier-based sorties when applicable)
startTime 2014-09
status ongoing
supportedBy British Army
Royal Navy
targetType ISIS command and control facilities
ISIS oil infrastructure
ISIS vehicles and fighting positions
ISIS weapons caches
theatre Iraq
Syria
typeOfAction aerial refuelling support
air transport support
airstrikes
close air support
intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance
reconnaissance
strike coordination and reconnaissance
usesAircraft Airbus A330 MRTT Phénix
surface form: Airbus A330 MRTT Voyager

E-3F Sentry AWACS
surface form: Boeing E-3D Sentry

Lockheed C-130 Hercules
surface form: C-130 Hercules

C-17 Globemaster III
Eurofighter Typhoon Tranche 2
surface form: Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
Panavia Tornado GR4
Raytheon Sentinel R1

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Royal Air Force conflict Operation Shader
Operation Telic successor Operation Shader
Brimstone usedInConflict Operation Shader
this entity surface form: Operation Shader (Iraq and Syria)
617 Squadron participatedIn Operation Shader