Keywords: USS Ronald Reagan flight operations 140721-N-OC010-025.jpg en Lt Rob Williams a Fredericksburg Texas native assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron VFA 86 prepares to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet off of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 The USS Reagan is participating in Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and six submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 26 to Aug 1 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 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Torrian Neeman/Released 2014-07-21 Petty Officer 3rd Class Torrian Neeman https //www dvidshub net/image/1461283 140721-N-OC010-025 2014-07-23 18 31 USS RONALD REAGAN AT SEA PD-USGov-Military-Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet on flight decks USS Ronald Reagan CVN-76 RIMPAC 2014 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |