"Fox News", news channel quoted officials that aircraft, "F - 18" has started exploratory sorties from the aircraft carrier "USS George H. W. Bush."

The channel commented by saying that it is known that the administration of President , Barack Obama has already agreed to do uninhabited and inhabited sorties explore, and added that this aircraft is not traditional explore aircraft but fighter planes.

The Iraqi government formally asked the United States to launch air strikes to target "ISIL" militants who control some Iraqi cities.