Britain will be bombing Syria for YEARS: Tornado jets carry out first 'successful' airstrikes on ISIS - just 57 minutes after MPs vote
* Four Tornado jets sent into action from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus within an hour of MPs voting in favour of airstrikes
* Seven 500lb bombs wered dropped on ISIS-controlled oil fields which provide the terror group with revenue
* Defence Secretary Michael Fallon confirmed that future raids may be used to support ground troops
* Rousing speech by Hilary Benn half an hour before Commons vote helped persuade 66 Labour MPs to back raids
* Cameron boasted Britain is 'safer' after the result was announced, after saying said UK must answer call from allies
* Corbyn denied he was advocating 'pacifism' but Labour MPs tore into his refusal to answer France's plea for help
* US President Barack Obama welcomed Britain's decision to extend airstrikes against ISIS over Syria
* Footage released of RAF drone destroying an ISIS safehouse in Iraq
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By Matt Chorley, Political Editor and Stephanie Linning and Hugo Gye for MailOnline
Published: 09:21 EST, 3 December 2015 | Updated: 21:54 EST, 3 December 2015
Britain will be bombing in Syria for years, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warned today as the British fighter jets returned from their first mission targeting the ISIS-controlled Omar oil fields in Syria less than an hour after MPs overwhelmingly authorised military action.
Seven precision-guided 500lb Paveway bombs were dropped on the east of the country in two separate raids by Tornado jets flying out from RAF Akrotiri, in Cyprus, in a bid to disrupt the revenues which the jihadist group depends on to wage terror around the world. The MoD said that the raids appeared to be 'successful'.
Mr Fallon said the campaign 'is not going to be quick' as he hailed the crunch Commons vote which saw a majority of 174 MPs back 'action to tackle this menace'.
This morning eight more jets, six Typhoons and two Tornados, flew out from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland to join the raids on Syria in response to a request from Britain's allies.
Raids: British Tornado bombers returning to their base at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus after flying air raids over ISIS targets in Syria; the jet on the left was missing one of its three Paveway missiles having dropped a bomb on an oil field
Mission: A Tornado on the runway at RAF Akrotiri following the first bombing raids in Syria this morning
Bombing: The initial targets hit by the Tornado planes, pictured, were ISIS-controlled oil fields which provide the terror group with its revenues
On the runway: Two of the Tornados which carried out the first bombing raids pictured after their return to Cyprus
Assistance: A Voyager refuelling tanker lands at RAF Akrotiri after supporting the Tornados on their mission over Syria
David Cameron boasted Britain is 'safer' after the House of Commons backed his proposal to extend military action in Syria by 397 votes to 223 - a majority of 174.
Some 66 Labour MPs defied their pacifist leader Jeremy Corbyn to back the Tory government, after Mr Cameron warned Britain had to strike at the heart of ISIS or 'wait for them to attack us'.
Disruption: Defence Secretary Michael Fallon today vowed to destroy ISIS's sources of revenue within Syria
Within hours of the vote,Tornado GR4 jets and a Voyager refuelling tanker took off from RAF Marham, Norfolk for Cyprus. Six Typhoon jets later deployed from RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, doubling the number of attack aircraft at the British base, which has already played a key role in Iraq strikes.
READ MORE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3343475/MPs-airstrikes-against-ISIS-Syria.html
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