美国夏威夷珍珠港希卡姆联合基地
Photo by U.S. Navy/MC2 Jason Daniel Johnston | 2012-07-13 07:23:56 | NZ3604 (cn NZ04)
2012年7月13日,环太平洋-2012(RIMPAC 2012)多边海上军演,新西兰海军 SH-2G“超级海妖”直升机从珍珠港希卡姆联合基地起飞。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。(JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 13, 2012) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Patrick E. McGrath, commander, Strike Force Training Pacific and deputy commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet, takes off in New Zealand's Royal ND Navy SH-2G "Super Seasprite" aircraft during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from Jun. 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 of the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.)