A Chilean navy SH-32 Cougar helicopter from the frigate CNS Blanco Encalada (FF 15) lifts off from the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen (F 310) during transit of the Pacific Ocean to participate Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1, 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 cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Royal Norwegian Navy photo by Sergeant Marthe Brendefur/Released)
| Date Taken: | 06.20.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 07.21.2014 21:12 |
| Photo ID: | 1457299 |
| VIRIN: | 140619-O-ZZ999-020 |
| Resolution: | 2500x1662 |
| Size: | 1.6 MB |
| Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 57 |
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