日本航空(Japan Airlines Corporation)12月14日在英國法茵堡航空展中與道格拉斯及圖波列夫各簽署一份訂單備忘錄，訂購5架DC-9-21及5架Tu-134A飛機。這個採購計劃是日本航空擴張戰略的一部份，該公司於1978年1月開始營運。

新訂購的DC-9-21和Tu-134A飛機將在日本航空日益成長的歐洲網路上投入營運，用於覆蓋從位於西班牙馬德里巴拉哈斯機場的基地，到達位於法國、德國、葡萄牙和意大利的多個目的地的航線。日本航空的DC-9-21飛機可搭載90名乘客，而Tu-134A飛機可搭載84名乘客，將用於通往歐洲航線上的短距離航線。

東方日報 - 美國總統奧巴馬結束任內的首次訪華行程，總理溫家寶昨在會見奧巴馬時表示，中美兩國「和則兩利，鬥則俱傷；互信則進，猜忌則退」，但他也明確地指出中國不贊同有關兩國集團(G2)提法，強調中國是發展中國家，始終保持清醒，不與任何國家結盟，主張世界事務應由各國共同決定。

日本航空於10月14日與福克公司在東京圓頂飯店舉行訂購飛機的簽字儀式。日本航空與福克公司共同簽署新飛機購買合約。根據該合約，日航將增購7架F28 Fellowship 6000飛機。飛機將於1978年11月在荷蘭交付。這是日航繼1978年2月從福克公司引進第一架F28 Fellowship 6000飛機後，又一次與福克公司的合作。日本航空目前共有20架飛機，其中，波音機種7架，福克機種13架。

USS Stout (DDG-55) is the sixth Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, she was commissioned on 13 August 1994 and she is currently homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.

USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) is the fourth Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. Curtis Wilbur was named for Curtis D. Wilbur, the forty-third Secretary of the Navy under President Calvin Coolidge.

Built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, she was commissioned in Long Beach, California, on 19 March 1994. The keynote speaker for the ceremony was then-Secretary of the Navy, John H. Dalton.

USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is the third Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer and the first ship of the class homeported on the west coast. She was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

USS Barry (DDG-52) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1992. Built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Barry is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Several improvements over Arleigh Burke exist on this ship and all following Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. They include the ability to refuel a helicopter and several other small improvements.

The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), named for Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN (1901–1996), is the lead ship of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers. She was laid down by the Bath Iron Works company at Bath, Maine, on 6 December 1988, and launched on 16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke. The Admiral himself was present at her commissioning ceremony on 4 July 1991, held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.