Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter jets were deployed over Iraq, after British parliament on Friday endorsed airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that the first RAF combat mission, on Saturday, had not engaged any targets.
The MoD further revealed that an RAF transport aircraft had delivered fresh supplies to Kurdish authorities to aid efforts against the Islamic State militants, reports the Guardian.
US jets on Saturday attacked Islamic State militants in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani, to aid Kurdish forces.
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