What is the Typhoon aircraft?
From 2035, the Typhoon is set to be replaced by the RAF's next generation combat aircraft, the Tempest.
From 2035, the Typhoon is set to be replaced by the RAF's next generation combat aircraft, the Tempest.
The UK has flown more than 8,000 sorties providing strikes, surveillance and reconnaissance, air-to-air refuelling and transport.
In an interview with the BFBS Sitrep podcast, former pilot Mike Sutton shares his experiences of flying on Operation Shader.
The soldiers have been rewarded for their work on Operation Shader in Iraq.
The RAF's Middle East operations commander exclusively told Forces News it is difficult to know when the UK's mission against IS will end.
A single Paveway IV guided bomb was fired from a Royal Air Force Typhoon during the operation.
The combat missions are the first flown from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier by an F-35 aircraft.
It began as a humanitarian aid operation but has grown into a mission to try to defeat IS.
Everything you need to know about the mission against so-called Islamic State.
Air Commodore Simon Strasdin, UK Air Component Commander to the Middle East, has spoken exclusively to Forces News about the operation.
A 10-day RAF mission was recently carried out against so-called Islamic State in northern Iraq, supported by Iraqi Security Forces.
The aircraft struck several cave systems occupied by so-called Islamic State terrorists, using Storm Shadow missiles for the first time.
The RAF is flying missions against so-called Islamic State as part of Operation Shader.
The strike was launched in support of Iraqi troops on the ground, after they were attacked by members of so-called Islamic State.
RAF Akrotiri's departing station commander has praised the progress made in Operation Shader, but says "there is clearly more to do".
The attacks were conducted over northern Iraq and were all successful in hitting their targets, according to the Ministry of Defence.