Rim of the Pacific 2014
Joint Terminal Attack Controller Qualifications

July 23, 2014 - Seven personnel from 16 Field Regiment are embedded with elements of 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (5 ANGLICO), United States Marine Corps, normally based in Okinawa. The Kiwis are obtaining their USAF Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) qualifications and are broken up amongst various Firepower Control Teams operations, and in this training scenario at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island, the Kiwis were directing F/A-18 Hornets, an UH-1 Iroquois gunship and AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter in a live fire exercise.

Royal New Zealand Defence Force video by Mr. Benjamin Winter
Edited by USA Patriotism!

Note... Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel participated in RIMPAC which is a multinational maritime exercise held biannually in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

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