A US Navy (USN) UH-3H Sea King helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 85 (HC-85), Golden Gators, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), takes off from the flightdeck of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS TARAWA (LHA 1). The TARAWA is participating in 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...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: A US Navy (USN) UH-3H Sea King helicopter, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 85 (HC-85), Golden Gators, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), California (CA), takes off from the flightdeck of the USN Tarawa Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS TARAWA (LHA 1). The TARAWA is participating in 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.
Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 2004
Base: Naval Station, Pearl Harbor
State: Hawaii (HI)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Aw) Richard J. Brunson, Usn
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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