7/24/2012 - An A-10 Thunderbolt II lands at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii July 23 during a sortie for the Rim of the Pacific exercise. Joint and coalition forces gathered at JBPHH for RIMPAC, the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Allen)

7/24/2012 - A-10 Thunderbolt II’s from the 47th Fighter Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA, sit on the 15th Wing flightline at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, July 23. RIMPAC is the world's largest maritime exercise with more than 20 countries participating. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lauren Main)

7/24/2012 - An A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 47th Fighter Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, LA, descends from the skies to land on the15th Wing flightline at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, July 23. RIMPAC is the world's largest maritime exercise with more than 20 countries participating. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lauren Main)