Tucson Committee Shares Neighborly Thoughts: The folks in Tucson who consider the aircraft noise generated by activities at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., too excessive have generated a few suggestions to reduce noise but do no harm to the air base. The Arizona Daily Star reports that the Military Community Compatibility Committee plans Wednesday to make a public presentation of several proposals developed over several months.
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.
