Operation Impact

Operation Impact
Part of the Military intervention against ISIL and the Global War on Terrorism
A Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 fighter jet takes off from Kuwait on the first mission over Iraq in support of Operation Impact on 30 October 2014.
Date 4 September 2014 – present (2 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location Iraq, Syria Status Ground operations ongoing Canadian airstrikes on ISIL ended on February 2016 ISIL ground attacks on Canadian special forces repelled
Belligerents
Canada	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Stephen Harper (until 2015) Justin Trudeau (after 2015) Rob Nicholson Jason Kenney Harjit Sajjan Thomas J. Lawson Jonathan Vance Michael Hood	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Alaa Afri † Abu Ali al-Anbari † Abu Suleiman al-Naser † Abu Ali al-Anbari † Abu Omar al-Shishani † Abu Waheeb †
Units involved
Royal Canadian Air Force  Canadian Army	Military of ISIL
Strength
Canadian Forces: Up to 69 special forces advisers 830 Canadian Armed Forces personnel 7 CF-18 Hornet multi-role fighters. All of them were withdrawn on February 2016. 3 CH-146 Griffon multi-role aircraft 2 CP-140 Aurora surveillance aircraft 1 CC-150T Polaris refueling aircraft 1 CC-130J Hercules tactical airlifter 1 CC-177 Globemaster strategic airlifter	Up to 200,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria
Casualties and losses
1 killed (friendly fire)	Unknown

Ground operations ongoing

Canadian Forces:

On 3 October 2014, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that he would put forth a motion to send Canadian forces to participate in the coalition for military intervention against ISIL by deploying combat aircraft. On 7 October 2014, the Canadian Parliament approved of sending nine Canadian aircraft to join coalition airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq along with 69 special forces advisors to train the Iraqi government's military. The Canadian Armed Forces’ contribution to the coalition against ISIL was later dubbed Operation Impact. On 30 March 2015, the Canadian Parliament voted to extend the mission to targets in Syria. No additional forces were announced.

In late November 2015, new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the withdrawal of Canada’s fighter aircraft from the fight against ISIL, but their surveillance and transport and refueling aircraft would remain in the area. All airstrikes by the Canadian fighter aircraft ended as of 15 February 2016. As part of the Canadian reorganization of the operation in February 2016, it was announced the number of military trainers would triple to a total of 600 ground personnel. This force was later augmented in mid-May 2016 by three Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopters.

On 20 July, it was announced by Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan that Canada was deploying a field hospital in support of United States and French troops in their effort to retake Mosul. The hospital requires 60 personnel, however the Minister said that the number of committed to the overall operation would not climb. The hospital's deployment would be for one year.

On 4 September 2014, the Canadian government announced that it would deploy up to 100 Canadian special forces to Iraq in a non-combat advisory role to the military operation against ISIL in Iraq. Later it was confirmed that 69 Canadian forces were operating in Iraq.

On 3 October 2014, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a motion in the House of Commons that it was Canada's intent to send six CF-18 fighter jets and support aircraft for up to six months to attack ISIL in Iraq as part of the coalition to defeat ISIL. "In the territory ISIL has occupied, it has conducted a campaign of unspeakable atrocities against the most innocent of people”, also ISIL “has specifically targeted Canada and Canadians", Harper said.

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