AC-130 Spectre gunships participate in a United Nations raid on Somali warlord forces in retaliation for a June 5 attack on UN forces in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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