An Air Force Reserve Command pilot safely ejected as his F-16 crashed into the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, Fla. at about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15. A Navy helicopter crew picked up the pilot, who was flying a training mission from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead ARB, Fla. The Air Force will launch an investigation board.
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