USAF C-17s airlift relief equipment and supplies from Guam to India after a devastating Jan. 26 earthquake that killed some 20,000, injured nearly 170,000, and left nearly 600,000 homeless. USAF C-5s delivered the cargo to Guam from California.
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.

