Two German Tornado Recce aircraft conducted their first reconnaissance mission against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq Friday, January 8, Aviation Week Network reports.

The aircraft took off from Incirlik at 9:32 CET.

Two Tornado Recce aircraft from Jagel, Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and two from Büchel, Rheinland-Palatinate, in the southwest of the country, flew to Incirlik to join the two already there January 5.

The day before, a Luftwaffe Airbus flew in personnel from Hamburg.

The Airbus A310 multi-role tanker transport flies missions from Incirlik to refuel coalition aircraft six out of seven days a week, already conducting 18 flights in the first three weeks since December 15, clocking 82 hours and delivering 300 tons of fuel.