The Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile flight test program racked up two more successes, making it 11 out of 13 since January 2005. One test featured launch from a B-1B, the other from an F-16. Both “navigated planned waypoints and struck their intended targets,” said Air Combat Command officials. Within the Air Force, the JASSM has achieved IOC on the B-1B and the B-52H, with anticipated IOC on the F-16 and B-2 by March, according to ACC officials.
Navy Adm. Samuel J. Paparo Jr. assumed leadership of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, succeeding Navy Adm. John Aquilino at a change of command ceremony, urging action amid China's “increasing intrusive and expansionist claims,” on May 3