Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa is performing work that US officials consider a relatively low investment that will pay great dividends in aiding Africans to resist terrorism. US forces are helping Africans with everything from building schools to airlifting troops and supplies to improving their military vehicle maintenance. Recent CJTF-HOA operations included USAF airmen conducting combat search and rescue training.
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show of force following the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian interpreter by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
