160719-EW270-037 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 19, 2016) Air Force maintenance crews with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., prepare to recover the KC-135R Stratotanker pictured landing overhead following an aerial refueling mission as part of Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides
160719-EW270-037 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 19, 2016) Air Force maintenance crews with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., prepare to recover the KC-135R Stratotanker pictured landing overhead following an aerial refueling mission as part of Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)
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