An F-22 from the 3rd Wing at JB Elmendorf, Alaska, “lost contact with air traffic control at 7:40 p.m. Alaska time” (11:40 East Coast time) on Tuesday while on a routine training mission, officials from the base announced in a release. A search is underway, they said. Stay tuned for more updates.
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