泰国乌塔堡空军基地
Photo by U.S. Navy/MC1 Jay C. Pugh | 2013-06-04 09:43:44 | 159885 (cn 285A-5636)
泰国乌塔堡空军基地,2013年“联合海上战备和训练”演习中,美国海军 VP-26“三叉戟”巡逻中队的 P-3C“猎户座”反潜巡逻机维护中。该演习也被简称为卡拉(CARAT)多边联合演习,自1995年开始每年中旬举行一次,是美国和东南亚国家的定期演习。本次参演国包括孟加拉,文莱,柬埔寨,印度尼西亚,马来西亚,菲律宾,东帝汶,新加坡和泰国。(U'TAPAO AIR BASE, Thailand (June 4, 2013) - U.S. Navy Sailors perform daily maintenance on a U.S Navy P-3C aircraft, assigned to the "Tridents" of Patrol Squadron (VP) 26 in support of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise Thailand 2013. More than 1,200 Sailors and Marines are participating in CARAT Thailand. U.S. Navy ships participating in the exercise include the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE 11), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) with embarked U.S. Marine Corps landing force, diving and salvage vessel USNS Safeguard (T-ARS 50) with embarked Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, and the guided missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54). CARAT is a series of bilateral military exercises between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste.)