Air Force Space Command’s 24th Air Force changes from Air Forces Strategic to Air Forces Cyber (AFCYBER) to better reflect its mission in support of the newly formed US Cyber Command, a subunified command under US Strategic Command.
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.
