8/30/2011 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the District of Columbia Air National Guard, takes off from the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., returning home to Washington Aug. 29. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. KC-10s (pictured here), from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., also evacuated to Eglin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

8/30/2011 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the District of Columbia Air National Guard, taxis out toward the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., returning home to Washington, Aug. 29. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

8/30/2011 - F-16 Fighting Falcons, from the District of Columbia Air National Guard, taxi to the end of the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., returning home to Washington Aug. 29. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

8/30/2011 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot and maintainer, with the District of Columbia Air National Guard, prepare the aircraft to return home to Washington, Aug. 29 from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

8/30/2011 - The 113th Wing flagship F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the District of Columbia Air National Guard, taxis out toward the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., returning home to Washington, Aug. 29. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

8/30/2011 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the District of Columbia Air National Guard, takes off from the runway at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., returning home to Washington, Aug. 29. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

8/30/2011 - An F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, with the District of Columbia Air National Guard, prepares the aircraft to return home to Washington, Aug. 29 from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The F-16s arrived here Aug. 26 as an evacuation measure from the impending Hurricane Irene. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)