美国夏威夷太平洋导弹靶场
Photo by U.S. Navy/MC2 Omar Powell | 2016-07-29 00:00:00 | YR-00/168033 (cn D0163)
2016年7月29日,环太平洋-2016(RIMPAC 2016)多边海上军演,美国海军陆战队 VMM-161“灰鹰”中队 MV-22B“鱼鹰”运输机从太平洋导弹靶场起飞。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25次,共有26国参与,从2016年6月30日至8月4日在夏威夷海域和南加州进行。(BARKING SANDS, Hawaii (July 29, 2016) -- Three MV-22 Ospreys from U.S. Marines 3rd Battalion 3rd Regiment lift off from Pacific Missile Range Facility during a joint exercise with three other countries (South Korea, Australia, and Malaysia) as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016. Twenty-six nations, 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise that provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationship that is critical in 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.)