CENTCOM's Maj. Gen. Renuart didn't volunteer the # of sorties this morn, but when a reporter asked, he said they flew around 3000 in 24 hours...1500 in other parts of Iraq.
Those remaining ~ 1500 were reserved for Baghdad, I guess, as the ground forces arrived....500 more than the usual daily ~1000 sorties flown over all of Iraq. Booms.