A Navy P-3C Orion patrol aircraft approaches the landing area at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Kaneohe, Hawaii (HI), during exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating nations: Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. RIMPAC enhances the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 2004
Base: Marine Corps Base, Kaneohe
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: P-3C Orion over Kaneohe Field
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Aw) Richard J. Brunson, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
07/07/2004
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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