US Air Force launches 27 airstrikes on ISIL targets

The US Air Force continued to attack ISIL terrorists on Wednesday through Friday using fighter and bomber aircraft to conduct 7 airstrikes in Syria and a separate 20 in Iraq using fighter, bomber, attack, and remotely-piloted aircraft.
In Syria, five airstrikes near Kobani destroyed five ISIL fighting positions and also struck another ISIL fighting position, the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF OIR) announced.
Near Aleppo, an airstrike struck five ISIL-occupied buildings. Near al-Qaim, on the Syrian border, an airstrike destroyed two ISIL fortifications.
In Iraq, four airstrikes near Sinjar destroyed an ISIL armored vehicle and two ISIL storage containers and also struck another ISIL armored vehicle and an ISIL checkpoint.
Near Ramadi, four airstrikes destroyed an excavator and five ISIL vehicles and also struck an ISIL-occupied building and three ISIL units.
Near Ar Rutbah, three airstrikes destroyed two bulldozers and an ISIL storage container.
Near Mosul, three airstrikes destroyed a bunker and a bulldozer and also struck an excavator.
Near al-Qaim, three airstrikes destroyed four ISIL vehicles, two ISIL-occupied buildings, an ISIL storage container, and an ISIL guard tower and also struck an ISIL bunker. Near Samarra, an airstrike struck a large ISIL unit. Near Rawah, an airstrike destroyed an ISIL guard shack. Near Al Asad an airstrike struck an ISIL staging area.
All aircraft returned to the base safely.