US Apache helicopters, like this one pictured in 2015, are operating in support of the Iraqi Security Forces (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
The U.S. military used Apache helicopter gunships for the first time in the war against ISIS Monday in northern Iraq when one of the U.S. Army helicopters fired a hellfire missile at an ISIS armored vehicle rigged with explosives, a senior defense official told Fox News.
A pair of Apaches were flying together, and one of them took the shot, the official said.
There was no immediate word how many ISIS fighters were killed in the U.S. strike.
The U.S. attack happened near the Iraqi city of Qayyarah, roughly 50 miles south of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city and an ISIS stronghold where the majority of ISIS fighters reside inside Iraq, according to defense officials.
Mosul fell to ISIS two years ago in June 2014.
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WNU Editor: This may be the first time that such a weapons platform has been used in Iraq against the Islamic State .... Carter: At Least One Apache Helicopter Used in Combat in Iraq (AP) ... but here is an easy prediction .... it is not going to be last.
More News On The U.S. Using Apache Helicopter Gunships Against The Islamic State In Iraq
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Apache Helicopter Used For First Time To Hit Islamic State In Iraq -- RFE
U.S. Apache Helicopters Attack ISIS -- Scout
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