DOD announces it will create a Joint UAV Center of Excellence at Creech AFB, Nev. Three days later, USAF announces it will stand down its UAV COE at Creech. DOD plans initial operational capability for the Joint UAV COE on Oct. 1, 2005.
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.
