RAF jets fired four missiles at Islamic State (IS) vehicles in Iraq overnight, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
It said two Tornados had fired Brimstone missiles at an armed pick-up truck and a transport vehicle west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, adding that the strikes had been "successful".
On Tuesday RAF Tornados carried out their first strikes, on a "heavy weapon position" and an armed pick-up truck.
Those attacks came four days after Parliament approved military action.
Commenting on the latest sorties, the MoD said the jets had been sent to examine a suspected command and control position of IS, the militant group also known as Isis or Isil.
"At the scene they were able to identify Isil activity and two vehicles, one of which was an armed pick-up truck," it said.
"Four Brimstone missiles were used to conduct a precision attack on the vehicles. Initial analysis indicates that the strikes were successful."
There has been no independent confirmation about the targets.
Reconnaissance missionAbout 40 nations have joined a coalition to tackle IS, which has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in the past few months.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told LBC Radio: "You should see this now as a pattern - the RAFs flying overhead... in support of [Iraqi army and Kurdish] ground forces."
It is the second time UK forces have directly engaged IS since Parliament authorised involvement in the international military campaign last week.
On Tuesday, the MoD said Tornados had been on an "armed reconnaissance mission" when they were asked to help Kurdish troops in north-west Iraq.
The jets identified an IS heavy weapon position, which the MoD said was firing on Kurdish forces.
A guided bomb was used to attack the position, while a missile targeted an armed pick-up truck in the same area, it said.
Appeal for mercyThere were also reports of heavy fighting on Tuesday across a key border crossing between Iraq and Syria involving Kurdish forces and IS militants.
IS, which has established a self-declared "caliphate" in the territory it controls, is holding a number of hostages.
Last month, in a video showing the beheading of British hostage David Haines the militants said the next to be killed may be Alan Henning - a taxi driver from Eccles who had been delivering aid to Syria when he was captured last year.
Mr Henning's wife, Barbara, has again appealed to IS leaders to show mercy.
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