KC-135R Stratotanker refuels F22 Raptors during RIMPAC 2016

160726-N-PS287-001 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 26, 2016) An F-22 Raptor from the 199th Fighter Squadron and the active-duty 19th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker belonging to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2016. Twenty-six nations, 49 ships, six submarines, about 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships between participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by LTJG Brendan McCabe/Released)