Alexander P. deSeversky sets a recognized class for record speed over a three-kilometer course (piston-engine amphibians) of 230.41 mph in a Seversky N3PB at Detroit.
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