Keywords: Royal Canadian Air Force, RIMPAC 2014 140721-N-FC670-045.jpg en The crew of a Canadian C-130 Hercules assigned to 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron reviews the flight plan prior to a refueling mission during Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Twenty-two nations 49 ships six submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug 1 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E Renfroe/Released 2014-07-21 Petty Officer 1st Class Shannon Renfroe https //www dvidshub net/image/1461391 140721-N-FC670-045 2014-07-23 19 06 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM HI US PD-USGov-Military-Navy Lockheed C-130 Hercules RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ Royal Canadian Air Force personnel |