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Lt. Col. Randall Sauer and 1st Lt. Jonathan Loper both KC-135 Stratotanker pilots with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., conduct a pre-flight checklist prior to a mission during Rim of the Pacific exercise, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 26, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. 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 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bradley C. Church)(Released)
| Date Taken: | 07.27.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 07.27.2012 22:16 |
| Photo ID: | 633909 |
| VIRIN: | 120726-F-IE715-174 |
| Resolution: | 4028x2616 |
| Size: | 3.38 MB |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US |
| Web Views: | 321 |
| Downloads: | 57 |
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