Army Air Service Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell helps to lead a series of tests off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, with Army crews from the First Provisional Air Brigade, at Langley Field, Va., flying Martin MB-2 bombers, and bombing ships to demonstrate the importance of airpower. The former German destroyer G-102 is sunk in 19 minutes on July 13, a prelude to the sinking of the captured German battleship Ostfriesland on July 21.
A top Pentagon tech official called on industry this week to help the military develop “lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons designed to go on aircraft and conduct special operations missions or down drones—areas where the Air Force’s directed energy efforts have been quiet as of late.