A Royal Air Force C-17 aircraft at RAF Brize Norton is refueled before delivering humanitarian aid to Cyprus, for forwarding to Northern Iraq in support of Operation Shader. RAF C-17 aircraft with UK Aid destined for Northern Iraq left RAF Brize Norton and was flown to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus where it would be put onto the RAF Hercules C-130J aircraft and delivered into Iraq. RAF C-130 aircraft have helped deliver much-needed military equipment to Iraq to assist those in the north of the country combating ISIL extremists.