Airmen assigned to the 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 16th Airlift Squadron perform pre-flight operations on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, , Sept. 11, 2018. In anticipation of Hurricane Florence, more than 20 aircraft were evacuated from Charleston to designated safe locations in order to continue their global airlift operations. The C-17 flew to Joint Base Andrews, Md., before arriving at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., ahead of an international mission.

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