PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2018) Royal Canadian Air Force Sgt. Mike Moffitt (right), Airborne Electronic Sensor Operator (AESOP), who works on board a Canadian Aurora (CP 140) aircraft, conducts a pre-flight safety brief with Col. Mike Atkins (centre), the Deputy Combined Forces Air Component Commander, and Lt. Col. Mark Mombourquette (left), Combined Air Operations Centre Director, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 15. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the H
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2018) Royal Canadian Air Force Sgt. Mike Moffitt (right), Airborne Electronic Sensor Operator (AESOP), who works on board a Canadian Aurora (CP 140) aircraft, conducts a pre-flight safety brief with Col. Mike Atkins (centre), the Deputy Combined Forces Air Component Commander, and Lt. Col. Mark Mombourquette (left), Combined Air Operations Centre Director, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 15. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 27 to Aug. 2 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security of the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2018 is the 26th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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