Appendix 1: Tables showing airstrikes
Tables used in the report
UK Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, December 2015—August 2016
|
Month |
Iraq |
Syria |
|
December |
75 |
11 |
|
January |
79 |
20 |
|
February |
54 |
6 |
|
March |
64 |
3 |
|
April |
67 |
5 |
|
May |
65 |
3 |
|
June |
72 |
5 |
|
July |
39 |
5 |
|
August |
35 |
7 |
|
Total |
550 |
65 |
Source: MoD Written Evidence [See Appendix 3]
International Coalition airstrikes in Iraq and Syria during the period the UK was engaged
|
Airstrikes in Iraq (between 27 September 2014 and 22 May 2016) |
Airstrikes in Syria (between 1 December 2015 and 22 May 2016) |
|
|
US |
8287 |
939 |
|
Non-US |
2721 |
77 |
|
UK |
761 |
42242 |
|
UK as % of non-US strikes |
28% |
55% |
|
UK as % of all strikes |
7% |
4% |
Source: Table prepared by Committee staff using data provided by UK Government and US Department of Defense
Tables with information provided by the Ministry of Defence
UK airstrikes in both Syria and Iraq until the end of August 2016
|
Year |
Month |
Number of airstrikes in Iraq |
Number of airstrikes in Syria |
|
2014 |
AUG |
0 |
N/A |
|
SEP |
2 |
N/A |
|
|
OCT |
8 |
N/A |
|
|
NOV |
26 |
N/A |
|
|
DEC |
26 |
N/A |
|
|
2015 |
JAN |
28 |
N/A |
|
FEB |
19 |
N/A |
|
|
MAR |
29 |
N/A |
|
|
APR |
26 |
N/A |
|
|
MAY |
34 |
N/A |
|
|
JUN |
28 |
N/A |
|
|
JUL |
26 |
N/A |
|
|
AUG |
29 |
N/A |
|
|
SEP |
34 |
N/A |
|
|
OCT |
17 |
N/A |
|
|
NOV |
58 |
N/A |
|
|
DEC |
75 |
11 |
|
|
2016 |
JAN |
79 |
20 |
|
FEB |
54 |
6 |
|
|
MAR |
64 |
3 |
|
|
APR |
67 |
5 |
|
|
MAY |
65 |
3 |
|
|
JUNE |
72 |
5 |
|
|
JULY |
39 |
5 |
|
|
AUGUST |
35 |
7 |
|
|
Total |
940 |
65 |
|
UK weapons releases vs targets in Syria up until August 2016
|
Number of Airstrikes |
Weapon Release Events |
|||||||||||
|
Infrastructure |
Fielded Enemy Forces |
Vehicles |
Weapons, Ammunition and Materiel |
|||||||||
|
Year |
Month |
Building/Structure |
POL243 |
EF244 in Building |
EF in Open |
Moving |
Static |
Weapon Emplacement |
Weapons Cache |
IED |
Other |
|
|
2015 |
DEC |
11 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2016 |
JAN |
20 |
6 |
1 |
15 |
5 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
FEB |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
MAR |
3 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
APR |
5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
MAY |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
JUNE |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
JULY |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
AUGUST |
7 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Total |
65 |
22 |
22 |
39 |
24 |
3 |
34 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
UK weapons releases vs targets in Iraq up until August 2016
|
Year |
Month |
Number of airstrikes |
Weapon Release Events |
|||||||||
|
Infrastructure |
Fielded Enemy Forces |
Vehicles |
Weapons, Ammunition and Materiel |
|||||||||
|
Building/Structure |
POL245 |
EF246 in Building |
EF in Open |
Moving |
Static |
Weapon Emplacement |
Weapons Cache |
IED |
Other |
|||
|
2014 |
AUG |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
SEP |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
OCT |
8 |
14 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
NOV |
26 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
25 |
4 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
DEC |
26 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
29 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
2015 |
JAN |
28 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
23 |
6 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
FEB |
19 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
MAR |
29 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
20 |
4 |
16 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
APR |
26 |
17 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
MAY |
34 |
9 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
JUN |
28 |
13 |
0 |
15 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
JUL |
26 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
AUG |
29 |
11 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
5 |
17 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
SEP |
34 |
2 |
0 |
17 |
15 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
OCT |
17 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
14 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
NOV |
58 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
30 |
1 |
11 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
|
|
DEC |
75 |
5 |
0 |
69 |
31 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
2016 |
JAN |
79 |
8 |
0 |
86 |
34 |
1 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
|
FEB |
54 |
4 |
0 |
44 |
24 |
0 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
MAR |
64 |
24 |
0 |
65 |
27 |
1 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
APR |
67 |
8 |
0 |
61 |
17 |
0 |
6 |
18 |
19 |
7 |
4 |
|
|
MAY |
65 |
14 |
0 |
41 |
16 |
4 |
11 |
20 |
28 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
2016 |
JUNE |
72 |
22 |
0 |
81 |
45 |
7 |
23 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
JULY |
39 |
3 |
0 |
18 |
18 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
AUGUST |
35 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
13 |
1 |
9 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Total |
940 |
194 |
0 |
603 |
428 |
64 |
294 |
149 |
80 |
46 |
24 |
|
UK Weapons released in Iraq and Syria by the UK up to end of August 2016
|
Weapon Type |
Number of weapons fired at targets in Iraq from September 2014 |
Number of weapons fired at targets in Syria from 2 December 2015 |
|
|
REAPER MQ9 |
Hellfire (AGM-114P) |
109 |
0 |
|
Hellfire (AGM 114R2) |
319 |
45 |
|
|
GBU-12 |
34 |
3 |
|
|
Tornado GR4 |
Dual Mode Seeker Brimstone |
187 |
25 |
|
Paveway IV (Mk1 & Mk2) |
666 |
58 |
|
|
Enhanced Paveway 3 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Enhanced Paveway 2 |
15 |
5 |
|
|
Storm Shadow |
4 |
0 |
|
|
Typhoon FGR4 |
Paveway IV (Mk2 only) |
563 |
38 |
|
Total |
1901 |
174 |
|
242 On 24 May, the Secretary of State announced that 43 airstrikes had been carried out in Syria. However, according to Gov.uk, one of these took place on 23 May and therefore outside the timeframe represented by the US DoD data. Later correspondence from the Ministry of Defence (which is shown in Appendix 3) appears to suggest that the number of UK airstrikes was greater than 42 in the period examined here but without exact dates for each of the airstrikes, it is not possible to update the data in this table.
243 Petrol, Oil, Lubricant
244 Enemy Forces
245 Petrol, Oil, Lubricant
246 Enemy Forces
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16 September 2016