Defence secretary extends aircraft deployment,arguing that they are ‘proving their worth’ in campaignThe UK is to extend air strikes by RAF Tornados against Islamic State in Iraq by a year, the defence secretary has said, or arguing that the aircraft had “proved their worth” in the air campaign.
Michael Fallon has said a squadron of Tornado GR4 fighter bombers will continue in service until March 2017,despite originally having been due to be disbanded final March and replaced with a squadron of Typhoon air defence fighters.
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Source: theguardian.com