The ‘Rim of the Pacific’ (RIMPAC) 2018 exercise — the
world’s largest for maritime warfare — was held from
June 27 to August 2 on and around the Hawaiian
islands and near southern California.REPORT AND PHOTOS Søren Nielsen
A VFA-34 F/A-18C
pilot slams in full
reheat, in case of
a ‘bolter’, as the
jet catches the
arrestor wire on the
USS Carl Vinson.LAST CALL FOR THE ‘BLUE BLASTERS’
68 November 2018 //^ http://www.combataircraft.net