Return trip
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)