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180724-O-N0842-2004 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2018) Corporal Gabriel Cote, an Airborne Electronic Sensors Operator (AESOP) with a Canadian Aurora (CP-140) aircraft launches a 53D Sonobouy as part of a submarine hunting scenario during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and 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 fosterin
180724-O-N0842-2004 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2018) Corporal Gabriel Cote, an Airborne Electronic Sensors Operator (AESOP) with a Canadian Aurora (CP-140) aircraft launches a 53D Sonobouy as part of a submarine hunting scenario during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 24. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, and 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. (Canadian Armed Forces photo by Imagery Technician Cpl Trevor Matheson/Released)
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