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).
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.