2012年7月24日,环太平洋-2012(RIMPAC 2012)多边海上军演,美国空军47FS中队的 A-10C 攻击机在珍珠港希卡姆联合基地整备。环太演习由美国海军主导,从1971年开始每两年举办一次,本届是第23次,共有22国参与,从2012年6月27日至8月7日在夏威夷海域进行。(U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft are shown during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 24, 2012. RIMPAC is a U.S. Pacific Command-hosted biennial multinational maritime exercise designed to foster and sustain international cooperation on the security on the world's oceans.)