From left -» Rear Admiral Nigel Stephen Coates (Fleet Commander, Royal Australian Navy); Vice Admiral Yoji Koda (Commander-in-Chief, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force); Vice Admiral Raman Prem Suthan (FOC-in-C Eastern Naval Command, Indian Navy); Vice Admiral Doug Crowder (Commander, U.S. Navy 7th Fleet); and Colonel Wellman Wan (Royal Singapore Navy), pose for a photo following a press availability for Malabar 07-02 aboard the flight deck of USS Kitty Hawk on 07 September 2007. More than 20,000 personnel from five different countries participated in this multinational exercise, which included naval forces from India, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the United States. The aircraft in the background is the E-2C Hawkeye, which is an all-weather, aircraft carrier-based tactical Airborne Early Warning (AEW) platform.
Image Courtesy - Seaman Kyle D. Gahlau, Mass Communication Specialist.
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