Citizen Airmen keep RIMPAC flying high [Image 3 of 3]

HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HI, UNITED STATES

07.11.2016

Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Epperly 

507th Air Refueling Wing

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 11, 2016) Master Sgt. Steven Switzer, a KC-135R in-flight refueling technician with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., operates the boom July 11, 2016, during an aerial refueling of a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornet over the Pacific Ocean in support of Rim of the Pacific 2016. Switzer and his crew fly and operate KC-135s out of the 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The 507th ARW is the largest Reserve flying unit in the state of Oklahoma. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Grady Epperly)

• Date Taken: 07.11.2016
• Date Posted: 07.19.2016 10:44
• Photo ID: 2729717
• VIRIN: 160711-Z-YA464-001
• Resolution: 1961x2946
• Size: 1.86 MB
• Location: HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, HI, US
• Hometown: EDMOND, OK, US
• Hometown: MIDWEST CITY, OK, US
• Hometown: MOORE, OK, US
• Hometown: NORMAN, OK, US
• Hometown: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, US