In Operation Nimrod Dancer, US troops deploy with USAF airlift support to the Canal Zone because of an increasing threat to US personnel in Panama.
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