RAF jets were Typhoon enforcement the fly zone covered over Libya RAF tornados have seven tanks in Libya as has it destroyed further air strikes, said the Ministry of defence (MoD).The Jets hit two tanks in Ajdabiyah and five in Misratah on Friday - areas that have seen battles between rebels and Col Muammar Gaddafi's troops.
RAF typhoons have involved moving no-fly zone also to police.
The MoD also said that HMS Cumberland would return to England, after its surveillance and embargo operations together with HMS Brockelsby HMS Liverpool taken over.
A spokesman said the tornado 18 aircraft brimstone missiles and bombs Paveway IV used.
He said: "The weapons were fired as part of armed reconnaissance and Overwatch air patrols of Misratah, Brega and Ajdabiyah carried out."
Diplomatic mission"RAF Typhoon aircraft defensive counter air patrols in the context of the enforcement of the no-fly zone performed."
Prime Minister David Cameron announced earlier this week that an additional four RAF would be sent to Italy, tornadoes he 18 RAF jets already deployed.
A total of 34 Nations now involved in operations in Libya.
State Libyan TV video was, but it showed Col Gaddafi attend a school of Tripoli on Saturday saidThe latest strikes come after NATO said it would apologize not for a bomb attack on a rebel convoy of tanks in Brega on Thursday in which at least four people died.
The Deputy Commander of the NATO Libya operations, Rear Admiral Russ Harding, said they were not aware that opposition had started troops with tanks.
But rebel commander General Abdelfatah Yunis said NATO had informed of the movement of the tank, and had even their coordinates have been given.
In the meantime, a team of African leaders, led by South African President Jacob Zuma, for Libya position is this weekend on an important diplomatic mission.
The five heads visit Tripoli and the rebel held city Benghazi on a truce between the forces of Col Gaddafi and the opposition to press.
Mr. of Zuma's team consists of DR Congo, Mali, Mauritania and Uganda.
Their first stop is in Mauritian on Saturday before he moved to Tripoli on Sunday.
State has Libyan images of Col Gaddafi at a school in Tripoli - his first TV appearance in days ausgestrahlten.
Students shouted anti-Western slogans during the visit, which said the TV on Saturday morning occurred.
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