Passengers on a C-17 Globemaster III look around the aircraft before their flight from runway 03/21 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 25, 2010. The flight was the first to take off and land on runway 03/21 after a $30 million dollar reconstruction project. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/Reviewed)

Passengers on a C-17 Globemaster III hold up the numbers two and one as they prepare for takeoff from runway 03/21 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 25, 2010. The flight was the first to take off and land on runway 03/21 after a $30 million dollar reconstruction project. The last major work done on Joint Base Charleston runways was in 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/Reviewed)

Col. Steven Chapman, 315th Airlift Wing commander, flies a C-17 Globemaster III around Charleston, S.C., Feb. 25, 2010. The flight was the first to take off and land on runway 03/21 after a $30 million reconstruction project. The runway will now have new edge lighting, distance remaining markers and runway end indicator lights on both ends. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/Reviewed)

Col. John Wood, 437th Airlift Wing commander, and Col. Steven Chapman, 315th Airlift Wing commander, cut the ribbon to officially reopen runway 03/21 as they prepare for takeoff at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 25, 2010. The flight was the first to take off and land on runway 03/21 after a reconstruction project began April 9, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/Reviewed

Col. Steven Chapman, 315th Airlift Wing commander, and Maj. Brian Moritz, 16th Airlift Squadron pilot, fly a C-17 Globemaster III around Charleston, S.C., Feb. 25, 2010. The flight was the first to take off and land on runway 03/21 after a $30 million reconstruction project. Because of the construction, larger and heavier aircraft will now be cleared to land on runway 03/21. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/Reviewed)

Passengers on a C-17 Globemaster III look to take pictures out the back of the aircraft as they taxi off of runway 03/21 at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Feb. 25, 2010. The flight was the first to take off and land on runway 03/21 after a $30 million dollar reconstruction project. The runway will now have newly paved asphalt overruns and 25-foot wide asphalt-paved shoulders, both of which the runway lacked. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris/Reviewed)