Coalition aircraft have been busy over Iraq, aiding ground forces involved in combat operations around the northern border with Syria. According to US Central Air Forces, USAF F-15s struck an insurgent weapons cache in the vicinity of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, using precision guided munitions. Navy F-18s and F/A-18s also launched PGMs in the vicinity of Husaybah and Al Mahmudiyah, striking buildings that insurgents were using as firing positions to attack coalition forces.
Army Gen. Christopher G. Cavoli, head of U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, warned that Russia would remain an enduring threat to NATO and global security, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine.