JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) - 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reserve, Tech. Sgt. Shannon Hielscher, hydraulics technician, and Master Sgt. David Wallis, propulsion mechanic, from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, install an engine cover onto a KC-135 Stratotanker from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, during the Rim of the Pacific exercise July 16. 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 larg
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 16, 2018) - 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reserve, Tech. Sgt. Shannon Hielscher, hydraulics technician, and Master Sgt. David Wallis, propulsion mechanic, from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, install an engine cover onto a KC-135 Stratotanker from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, during the Rim of the Pacific exercise July 16. 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.
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