CSAR-X Sites to Undergo Environmental Review: The Air Force plans to start the environmental impact analysis process for 10 prospective locations to beddown Air Force Special Operations Command’s replacement for the HH-60 combat search and rescue helicopter. On Thursday, the Air Force announced that it was considering locating the CSAR-X aircraft at facilities in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, and at one overseas facility. (Read our item from Thursday for the specific bases under consideration.)
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.
