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e Air Force Space Command team at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., celebrated the Air Force’s 60th Anniversary with the 75th consecutive successful launch of a Delta II booster, counting launches from both the East and West ranges, reports SrA. Stephen Cadette. The Delta II boosted the DigitalGlobe WorldView-1 satellite into orbit at 11:35 a.m. on Sept. 18.
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.

