Operation Shader

the British Armed Forces gave its campaign in Syria a name.

Operation Shader.

On the 3rd of July 2022, the SAS received its latest mission, to capture a target known as Bravo 1, who lived in al-Za'ar.

Bravo-1 had been identified as the leader of an ISIS sleeper cell, responsible for a series of deadly attacks on Kurdish forces.

Um, and it's obviously a very different show because there's a lot of people unaccompanied.

Uh, uh, this show here was great because it was for, for people who are unaccompanied, uh, people on Op SHADER and stuff like that, as well as, as people that are here with their families.

Um, and obviously I've seen shows in Estonia and various places, in Afghanistan, and I think what I love about the live events team is that they tailor each one to that audience.

Mm.

From early humanitarian airdrops to sustained operations against Daesh, thousands of service members answered the call in one of the RAF's most enduring modern missions.

While Operation Shader continues overall, Typhoon Commander Group Captain Paul Hanson OBE says Typhoon's part over Iraq concluding represents an important milestone.

After three and a half weeks of intensive multinational training, Exercise Cobra Warrior has concluded, having generated 942 sorties and more than 2,500 flying hours across 14 missions.

Around 1,800 personnel from the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the US took part in one of the UK's most demanding air exercises, testing the ability of NATO forces to integrate and operate together at scale.