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This is the image from the original article, completely different airplane too.

http://defensetech.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ISIL-Airst...

It's all stock images either way, nothing I saw even mentioned what kind of jets were deployed.

Also of note is that the airplane pictured in the original article (a F-35) is not used in combat yet, nor is it likely that the limited numbers delivered by now will be rated for combat any time soon unless the US gets into a serious peer fight and actually need all their planes.

Those are F15E aircraft.

The F35 has some signature green lights that really stand out at night (I assume they'll be turned off during combat): http://www.edwards.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/2013/0...

Here is a picture of 2 F35s being refueled at the same time: http://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/0...

That image looks like a F-15 to me. Either way, just random stock imagery we don't know what kinda of planes deployed the missiles.

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