Senior Airman Joshua Doest, 305th Air Mobility Wing C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., performs pre-flight checks on the aircraft before departing from Joint Base Charleston to return to JB MDL to assist with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts Oct. 31, 2012. C-17 Globemaster IIIs from JB MDL 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/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)