 Starting on 23 September 2014, Bahrain air force F-16s joined the American-led intervention in Syria, part of Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.Bahrain strikes are limited to the Syrian theater.On 30 December 2015, a Bahraini F-16C crashed in Jizan Region, Saudi Arabia a military source reported, the pilot ejected and survived the crash.