An Air National Guard C-130 crew deployed from the 144th Airlift Squadron in Alaska to Afghanistan makes the first combat air drop employing the Joint Precision Air Drop System (JPADS), which has been under develop by the Air Force and Army since 1993.
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.
