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RIMPAC Raid

An Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II participates in an air raid exercise with the Coast Guard cutter Midgett, the guided missile destroyer USS Kidd and Italian navy ships during the Rim of the Pacific exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 17, 2024. Twenty-nine nations and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC, which is the world’s largest international maritime exercise.

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