Hawaii: The Indian Navy's P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft has arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii, to participate in the 30th edition of the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) is a US military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
In a post on X, the Indian Navy spokesperson at Naval Headquarters, Captain Vivek Madhwal, stated that India's participation in one of the world's largest multinational maritime exercises reaffirmed the Navy's committment to "free, open, inclusive and rules-based Indo-Pacific".
The Navy noted it as a "Bridges of Friendship" between India and the United States.
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"#IndianNavy's P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance and Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft has arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise - #RIMPAC2026. This is one of the world's largest multinational maritime exercise, being conducted from 01 - 31 Jul 26. The deployment reaffirms Indian Navy's commitment to a free, open, inclusive and rules-based #IndoPacific while enhancing interoperability, maritime domain awareness and operational cooperation with partner navies," the post read.
