USAF deactivates the first of five Peacekeeper ICBM launch control centers (LCCs), part of the deactivation of all 50 Peacekeepers begun in October 2002.
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