The weekend saw more air strikes in Iraq. On Nov. 6, USAF F-16s and US Navy F-14s used precision guided munitions to strike Iraqi insurgents in the area of Al Qaim. On Nov. 5, USAF F-16s struck a building used by insurgents in the vicinity of Husaybah. On Nov. 4, F-16s launched a PGM striking an insurgent mortar firing location in the vicinity of Baquba.
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show of force following the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian interpreter by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
