C-17 Globemaster IIIs sit on the tarmac Oct. 29, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston. C-17s from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Dover Air Force Base, Del., landed here over the weekend because of the intensity of Hurricane Sandy affecting the Northeast. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class George Goslin)

C-17 Globemaster IIIs sit on the tarmac Oct. 29, 2012, at Joint Base Charleston. C-17s from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Dover Air Force Base, Del., landed here over the weekend because of the intensity of Hurricane Sandy affecting the Northeast. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class George Goslin)