Dover Air Force Base prepares

Aero Club and Civil Air Patrol aircraft are parked around a C-5 Galaxy Oct. 30, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The aircraft were placed in a hangar prior to Hurricane Sandy’s arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Dover Air Force Base prepares

The passenger terminal stands completely empty Oct. 30, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Space-available travel was suspended prior to the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)

Hurricane Sandy relief

U.S. Air Force loadmasters place planks down to help load a utility truck bound for New York to aid in the Hurricane Sandy relief effort at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012. Air Mobility Command responded to a Federal Emergency Management Agency request to move 637 short tons of supplies and equipment from Southern California to New York on 12 C-17 Globemaster III and five C-5 Galaxy aircraft in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Greg C. Biondo)

Load up

Senior Airman Joshua Bischoff loads a utility truck bound for New York on a C-17 Globemaster III at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012. Bischoff is a loadmaster with the 15th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Greg C. Biondo)

Hurricane Sandy mission

Airmen work to load utility vehicles onto a C-17 Globemaster III for transport to New York for Hurricane Sandy relief efforts Nov. 1, 2012, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson)

Standing ready

Utility trucks sit staged in a parking lot for the Hurricane Sandy relief effort at Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2012. Air Mobility Command responded to a Federal Emergency Management Agency request to move 637 short tons of supplies and equipment from Southern California to New York on 12 C-17 Globemaster III and five C-5 Galaxy aircraft in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Greg C. Biondo)