PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2018) Royal Canadian Air Force Cpl. Sam O’Neill (left) and Master Cpl. Warkentin (right), Airborne Electronic Sensor Operators (AESOP) with a Canadian Aurora (CP 140) aircraft, launches a C2A2 marine smoke marker as part of a submarine hunting scenario 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 provi
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2018) Royal Canadian Air Force Cpl. Sam O’Neill (left) and Master Cpl. Warkentin (right), Airborne Electronic Sensor Operators (AESOP) with a Canadian Aurora (CP 140) aircraft, launches a C2A2 marine smoke marker as part of a submarine hunting scenario 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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