A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft prepares to take off from an unimproved runway at Powidz Air Base, Poland, Aug. 25, 2014, for a mission as part of the Poland Off-station Training Deployment, a 2-month Air Expeditionary Force rotation, in support of Atlantic Resolve. Europe-based U.S. Army units were deployed to Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia to conduct bilateral military exercises and reinforce NATO security commitments to the host nations.