A Soviet Su-15 interceptor shoots down a Boeing 747 Korean airliner with 269 people aboard near Sakhalin Island, north of Japan. Three USAF HC-130 aircraft from the 33rd Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Kadena AB, Japan, participate in the subsequent search but found no survivors.
F-35As from the Vermont Air National Guard have deployed to Puerto Rico in recent days, continuing a major buildup of U.S. Air Force assets in Latin America aimed at combating drug trafficking and pressuring the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
