Lt. Ken Gillespie prepares to launch a Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, April 9, 2014. The crew of the Hercules was preparing to run a joint training exercise with the Royal Canadian air force and U.S. Air Force north of Alaska. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Honings)