AAC Lt. Col. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold leads a flight of 10 Martin B-10 bombers on a six-day photographic mapping mission to Alaska.
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