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Iraq
Striking at the heart of the enemy: In the final part of our series from brave pilot's gripping memoir, a nerve shredding account of how the RAF blasted an Isis bomb factory to smithereens
2021-11-24
The set-up:
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] After a spell of good weather, thunderstorms had returned, and the Mediterranean air at our base in Cyprus was unusually humid as I walked back to Ops after a trip over Syria.

Two of my flight commanders approached me with an urgent request that had come in from Air Operations while I was airborne.

'They want an IED [improvised explosive device] factory destroyed. As soon as possible.
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