US F-16s Fly First Anti-IS Missions from Turkey

The United States says it has begun flying manned missions from a Turkish air base to deliver airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. The Pentagon released a statement late Wednesday saying the F-16 airstrikes began earlier that day, launched from Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey. The coalition began flying unmanned missions from the base earlier this month. Turkey agreed last month to let U.S. forces use the Incirlik air base near Turkey's southern border with...

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