Lt. j.g. Lars Anderson, of Pace, Fla., a Coast Guard instructor pilot with Training Squadron Two, conducts pre-flight checks aboard the T-6B Texan II aircraft at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, June 9, 2014. As part of a two-year-long flight school course, future Coast Guard pilots train for 10-14 months in the T-6B, learning aircraft systems and avionics, routine and emergency procedures, flight planning, risk management techniques, and both simulated and hands-on operation of the aircraft.