COLD LAKE, Alta. — Six CF-18 Hornets from CFB Cold Lake will be deployed to the Middle East Tuesday morning to help in the fight against ISIS.

Minister of Defence Rob Nicholson is slated to speak at the ceremony, and Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Tom Lawson is also expected to be present.

The move comes after Parliament approved sending the planes in a 157-134 vote on Oct. 7. That number included 155 Conservatives, as well as Independent MP Brent Rathgeber and Green Party Member Bruce Hyer.

While not all combat missions go to a vote, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had promised that the decision would be made by Parliament in this case.

Harper said the mission will not involve ground troops but will be confined to the air, and will last six months. The troops will be based in Kuwait.

After the vote, Harper stressed the importance of being involved in the mission.

“When we recognize that there is a threat like this that has to be done and it involves our own interests, we do our part,” Harper stated.

“We do not stand on the sidelines and watch.”

The soldiers from Cold Lake will join troops from Britain, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Bahrain in the air strikes.