Coalition air forces launch nearly 1,000 strike sorties, with coalition fighter jets striking hundreds of targets in and around Baghdad. The air campaign begins at 9 p.m. (Baghdad time).
The Air Force is launching an effort to develop a new stand-off missile with a range of 1,000 nautical miles, or 1,150 miles, that would eventually be used for both air-to-air and air-to-surface missions.