RAF warplanes are on stand-by to launch Britain's first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) jihadists after Parliament gave the green light for military action. Tornado GR4 fighter bombers stationed in Cyprus are expected to spearhead the assault on IS targets in northern Iraq, just over three years after British troops withdrew from the country . David Cameron said the first RAF sorties would happen "relatively rapidly" now MPs had sanctioned action as he called the fight against IS and other extremism in general a "generational struggle". He told the Sun: "Wherever there are broken states and instability, this poisonous...
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