The Royal Air Force will drop relief supplies to Iraqi refugees forced to flee their homes by the advance of the Islamic State extremist group. After a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergencies committee, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said he hoped the relief operation, particularly targeting members of the Yazidi religious minority trapped on a mountainside, could begin "in the next couple of days".
Looks like the Herc J Force will be called upon ... Good wishes to all involved ... Come home safe.