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Officials at Hurlburt Field in Florida on Saturday evacuated their airplanes to Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas.
The action came hours before Hurricane Irma began to batter the southern part of Florida.
Hurlburt's website reported aircraft would remain at Little Rock "until the potential for bad weather is over," according to a news release from the 1st Special Operations Wing public affairs.
Most military personnel at Hurlburt were not evacuated.
"After extensive analysis of the path of the storm by Hurlburt Weather professionals, it has been forecasted that the effects of the storm here will not be significant enough to threaten the safety of personnel and thus does not warrant the evacuation of personnel," the release said.
Cannon Air Force Base Col. Stewart Hammons on Friday said the eastern New Mexico base was prepared to accept Hurlburt's planes if needed, but they went to Arkansas early Saturday.
The 1st SOW Commander Facebook page reported no storm surge was predicted for the area around Hurlburt "since the winds should be from the north."
