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The Belgian Air force planes hit positions held by the fundamentalist Islamist group IS on Sunday.
The airstrikes follow several days of reconnaissance missions above IS-controlled territory.
The Belgian Defence Ministry reports that the F-16s bombed IS fighters that were attacking Iraqi troops West of Bagdad.
The IS fighters are reported to have been killed.
Belgium currently has F-16 fighter jets stationed in Jordan.
They’re participation in the US-led campaign against IS forces in Iraq.
Up until Sunday they had only carried out reconnaissance missions.
In recent years Belgian Air Force F-16s have been deployed on missions fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and against the forces of the former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Flandersnews.be / Expatica