Lockheed Martin rolls out AF-1, the first weight-optimized F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in the Air Force’s conventional takeoff and landing configuration. This test aircraft is structurally equivalent to a production F-35A CTOL.
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.
