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C-17 Globemaster IIIs sit on the tarmac on Joint Base Charleston Air Base, S.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Aircraft, including C-17s from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Dover Air Force Base, arrived over the weekend, following the intensity of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast.

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C-17 Globemaster IIIs sit on the tarmac on Joint Base Charleston Air Base, S.C., Oct. 29, 2012. Aircraft, including C-17s from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Dover Air Force Base, arrived over the weekend, following the intensity of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast.

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