The British Royal Air Force will deploy Tornado GR4 fighter jets in support of the growing military air campaign over northern Iraq, British officials said Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Britain may soon send in its troops into Iraq to rescue refugees and to arm Kurdish fighters to combat the Islamic State militants, who have already been seeing military airstrikes from the United States.
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| A Tornado GR4 equipped with the Litening III pod taking off from RAF Marham on 12 August 2014 for its reconnaissance mission over Iraq. (Picture British MOD) |