During a Coronet East deployment, Capt. Marc C. Felman and his KC-10 Extender crew perform an emergency refueling of Marine A-4M aircraft in the middle of the Atlantic, an action for which they receive the Mackay Trophy.
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