太平洋夏威夷海域
Photo by U.S. Navy/MC3 Ryan J. Mayes | 2012-07-18 13:14:23 | NH-4/167893 (cn 70-3715)
2012年7月18日,环太平洋-2012(RIMPAC 2012)多边海上军演,美国海军 HSC-6 中队一架 MH-60S“骑士鹰”直升机飞抵查菲号导弹驱逐舰。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。(PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2012) – The Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Ray Mabus and the Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, arrive on board the guided missile destroy USS Chafee (DDG 90) in a MH-60S Seahawk of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 during the Great Green Fleet Demonstration as part of 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 the RIMPAC exercise from June 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 on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.)