Appropriators also cut a major chunk—$270 million—out of R&D for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. They cited “instability in the aircraft’s design” as the chief problem.
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
