The Air Force retires the last of its T-43A training aircraft during a ceremony at Randolph AFB, Tex. The service flew the T-43 from 1973 as a flying classroom for navigators. Training in T-1 Jayhawks and T-6A Texan IIs replaced that in the T-43.
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.
