USAF announces it plans to switch its Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) forces from Air Force Special Operations Command back to Air Combat Command. The service moved CSAR from ACC to AFSOC in October 2003.
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.
