no-fly zone, but we can confirm that a french fighter jet, rafael, destroyed a g-2, a military training jet used by the libyans, and it was near the town of misrata, jon. jon: and what s the latest with this coalition force? reporter: well, essentially what we know is that there were heavy strikes overnight. we know that 14 tomahawk missiles were used to fight against air defense systems. we had reported yesterday that those tomahawks, they were going to try and avoid using those tom tomahawks because they re $1.5 million apiece every time they fly them, but clearly they had targets of opportunity against some air defend systems, and they decided to use them. we were told they were going to use air strikes, but we can confirm that 14 tomahawks were, in fact, fired from warships in the mediterranean last night. jon? jon: jennifer griffin live for us at the pentagon, thank you. jenna: for more on what s
the admiral garrard huber reports that coalition forces flew another 75 missions targeting qaddafi s tanks and weapons, but it s not a war. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. any change in strategy over the last couple of days, jen. we can report that no tomahawk missiles were fired last night. essentially that fafs the operation is over. they won t fire more tom tomahawks unless something changes and they are needed. they fired 162, in total, and as one official put it, there are less expensive means to go after what remains of those air defense sites, shep? shepard: today, the defense secretary gates predicted that the u.s. could turn over control of the operation by the end of the weekend. there has been a lot of predicting but not any action yet. that s right. another source, another defense source said that it would happen sometime by tuesday. so, definitely they are in a hurry to turn over command and control in the coming days. but secretary gates was clear that they d