During a Coronet East deployment, Capt. Marc C. Felman and his KC-10 Extender crew perform an emergency refueling of Marine A-4M aircraft in the middle of the Atlantic, an action for which they receive the Mackay Trophy.
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.

