An Air Force Reserve Command C-141, from the 445th Airlift Wing, flies the last C-141 combat mission, transporting wounded from Southwest Asia to Germany. AFRC will continue to operate its C-141s stateside until their retirement in 2006.
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.

