Duterte question why U.S. did not dispatch five aircraft carriers to South China Sea

At the opening ceremony of the Philippines 16th National Convention of Lawyers last week, President Rodrigo Duterte said the Washington had failed to take decisive action against China in the South China Sea and he asked why U.S. did not send five aircraft carriers to the area and “cut the problem in the bud.”

Rodrigo Duterte and Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachith (cropped)
By Presidential Communications Operations Office [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Airmen salvage vertical tail of crashed Thunderbird 6

The Thunderbird F-16 that went down in Colorado last year had its vertical tail removed on Mar. 14 at Peterson Air Force Base.

U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard, Crash Damage Disabled Aircraft Recovery team, work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damage Thunderbird F-16, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 14, 2017.  The F-16 aircraft was returning to Peterson AFB after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet.  (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt.  Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea)
U.S. Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard, Crash Damage Disabled Aircraft Recovery team, work to remove the vertical tail from the fuselage of a damage Thunderbird F-16, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., March 14, 2017. The F-16 aircraft was returning to Peterson AFB after completing a flyover for the Air Force Academy graduation when the pilot encountered a throttle malfunction and successfully ejected from the jet. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Y. Alvarez-Rea)

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