American jet fighters and drones have conducted four more airstrikes on Islamic militants in Iraq.
The US military said the strikes took out armoured carriers and a truck that were firing on civilians.
The strikes were spread out, with three before noon on Saturday and one about 3pm, the military said.
Thousands of Yazidis have fled their homes Indications suggested that the operation was successful in destroying the armoured vehicles.
This is the third round of airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) forces by the US military since they were authorised by President Barack Obama.
On Friday, two waves of airstrikes hit an IS artillery position, destroyed a militant convoy and killed a mortar team.
US and Iraqi aircraft have also air dropped food and water to the thousands of mainly Yazidis stranded on Mount Sinjar since fleeing IS attacks on their homes a week ago.
The boundary shows the rough area IS wants to create as a caliphate Mr Obama said he viewed the US offensive in Iraq as a "long-term project" to rout out militants and deliver aid to beleaguered civilians.
It is the first American offensive in Iraq since Washington pulled out its forces in 2011 after nearly a decade of brutal war.
He has also said US air strikes aim to prevent IS fighters from attacking Irbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdish region.
The US has a diplomatic mission and military advisors in Irbil.
"I'm not going to give a particular timetable, because as I've said from the start, wherever and whenever US personnel and facilities are threatened, it's my obligation, my responsibility as commander in chief, to make sure they are protected," Mr Obama told reporters.
President Obama says the US offensive is a "long-term" project Mr Obama, who has ruled out ground troops, and David Cameron have pledged to work together to avoid "genocide" in Iraq.
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) C-130 transport planes took off from Britain on Saturday carrying equipment.
The equipment included clean water, tents, tarpaulins and solar lights that can also recharge mobile phones.
In a telephone call on Saturday, the leaders admitted that a "long term solution" would be needed to quell the IS advance.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister welcomed the US efforts and made clear that we are keen to work with the Americans on the humanitarian effort.
British aid is loaded onto a plane destined for Iraq "They agreed that the immediate priority is to get vital supplies to those trapped on Mt Sinjar and the UK will join the US in delivering aid drops.
"Both leaders also agreed that aid drops are not a long term solution, and that a way must be found to get these people to safety and to avert a genocide."
Up to 150,000 Yazidi refugees are still isolated on a stretch of mountain in Iraq surrounded by Islamic extremists.
Reports suggested that thousands of Yazidis, including children, may have already lost their lives after being trapped in the mountains without food and water for days.
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