太平洋珊瑚海
Photo by U.S Navy/PHAN Dylan Butler | 2005-06-18 09:18:15 | RB-54/165762
太平洋珊瑚海,美澳“护身军刀-2005”联合演习中,美国海军 HSC-25“海岛骑士”战斗直升机中队一架 MH-60S 直升机在尼亚加拉瀑布号战斗运输舰上垂直补给。护身军刀演习由“串联推力”和“鳄鱼”系列演习合并而来,本届演习主办方为美军太平洋司令部和澳大利亚国防军联合作战司令部,澳大利亚和美国参演人数分别为6000和11000。(Coral Sea (June 18, 2005) - A Sailor assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) combat stores ship USNS Niagara Falls (T-AFS 3), runs across the flight deck after attaching a cargo pallet to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during a replenishment at sea. Niagara Falls is currently operating in the Coral Sea in support of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005. Talisman Sabre is an exercise jointly sponsored by the U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defense Force Joint Operations Command, and designed to train the U.S. Seventh Fleet commander's staff and Australian Joint Operations staff as a designated Combined Task Force (CTF) headquarters. The exercise focuses on crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. U.S. Pacific Command units and Australian forces will conduct land, sea and air training throughout the training area. More than 11,000 U.S. and 6,000 Australian personnel will participate.)