U.S. F-16 jets arrive in Turkey to fight IS

The United States is deploying six F-16 jets and about 300 personnel to Incirlik air base in Turkey to launch further air strikes against the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq F-16 Fighting Falcon: U.S. to deploy total of 30 fighter jetsat Incirlik, according to Turkish media reports
Sinjar
IRAN
Kirkuk
Irbil
Baghdad
Damascus
SYRIA
IRAQ
Hasakah
Mosul
Mosul Dam
TURKEY
Incirlik
air base
JORDAN
LEBANON
100km
60 miles
SAUDI ARABIA
Deir
al-Zawr
Aleppo
Kobane
Raqqa
Baiji
Qaim
Ramadi
Al Asad
Fallujah

Air strikes
Since Aug 2014
Under 20
20-99
100-499
500-1,000
More than 1,000
IS control
IS support
Kurdish rule

MONTHLY STRIKES: Aug 8, 2014-Aug 8 2015
Iraq
Syria
0
200
400
600
800
A
S
O
N
D
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
Almost 6,000 strikes in total,
15,000* IS fighters killed
120
196
435
357
432
625
463
430
536
677
622
856
162

Sources: Airwars, Institute for the Study of War, wire agencies
*Estimate