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PACIFIC OCEAN (June 26, 2022) -- Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot Captain Dan Simpson poses in front of HMCS VANCOUVER’s CH-148 Cyclone Helicopter Canuck. Capt. Simpson landed Canuck on Chilean ship CNS ALMIRANTE LYNCH during cross-deck evolutions on June 24, 2022 en route to Hawaii for Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022.Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29- 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 among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Sgt. Ghislain Cotton, Canadian Armed Forces)
| Date Taken: | 06.27.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 06.29.2022 00:26 |
| Photo ID: | 7292852 |
| VIRIN: | 220626-O-QR492-1005-C |
| Resolution: | 4210x2807 |
| Size: | 4.39 MB |
| Location: | CA |
| Web Views: | 183 |
| Downloads: | 18 |
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HMCS Vancouver Pilot and CH-148 Cyclone Canuck share in first landing on a Chilean vessel
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