太平洋珊瑚海
Photo by U.S. Navy/MCSN Brandon Myrick | 2007-06-24 13:59:16 | N16-238/920 (cn WA929/G-17-12)
太平洋珊瑚海海域,美澳“护身军刀-2007”联合演习中,澳大利亚海军 WS-61“海王”MK50A 直升机准备降落到美国海军托尔图加号两栖船坞登陆舰上。本届“护身军刀”共有32000人参加。(USS TORTUGA ( LSD 46), Coral Sea (June 24) – A SK-50 Shark 20, an Australian helo prepares to land on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while currently underway conducting Talisman Saber 07 (TS 07) June 24. TS07 is a U.S.-Australian joint and combined exercise, involving 32,000 military members from both nations, which will feature crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations in land, sea and air maneuvers. Tortuga (LSD 46) is a dock landing ship serving under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan.)