Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Sailors wait to preflight their P-3C Orion aircraft..jpg 120714-N-VD564-001 KANEOHE Hawaii July 14 2012 Petty officers Jordan Lockhart left Sean Wawrzyniec and Manuel Agular all assigned to Patrol Squadron VP 4 keep their wait to preflight their P-3C Orion aircraft The Naval aircrewmen are part of a backup crew scheduled to conduct a maverick missile strike exercise mission on a target at sea VP-4 ™s P-3C Orions and more than 200 aircraft from various squadrons and countries are participating in the Rim of the Pacific RIMPAC 2012 Twenty-two nations more than 40 ships and submarines more than 200 aircraft and 25 000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug 3 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 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971 U S Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Keith W DeVinney/Released http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/7609577076/ Sailors wait to preflight their P-3C Orion aircraft 2012-07-20 10 25 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America MCC AW/SW/NAC Keith DeVinney/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/7609577076 2012-11-12 19 51 04 cc-by-2 0 United States naval aviators Patrol Squadron 4 United States Navy |