Members of Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1, based in Fairfax County, Va., board a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023., as the base supports earthquake response efforts in Turkiye. The U.S. Agency for International Development is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance following the worst earthquake to hit the region in nearly a century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

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Delaware base supports earthquake response efforts in Turkiye

Published Feb. 8, 2023
DOD News

WASHINGTON (AFNS) --

Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, provided support to response efforts in Turkiye following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that has had devastating impacts in Turkiye and Syria.

Personnel with Virginia Task Force 1, an urban search and rescue team based in Fairfax County, Virginia, boarded a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover AFB.

The U.S. Agency for International Development said it was deploying urban search and rescue teams from both Fairfax and Los Angeles County that will coordinate with Turkish authorities and other responding organizations to provide life-saving assistance.

An Urban Search and Rescue member from Fairfax County, Virginia, rests with her canine prior to boarding a C-17 Globemaster III on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 7, 2023. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance to respond to the devastating impacts in Türkiye following the worst earthquake to hit the region in almost a century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez) — An Urban Search and Rescue member from Fairfax County, Va., rests with her canine before boarding an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco Gomez)

Urban Search and Rescue members from Fairfax County, Virginia, are boarded onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 7, 2023. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance to respond to the devastating impacts in Türkiye following the worst earthquake to hit the region in almost a century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Faith Barron) — Members of Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax County, Virginia, board a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 7, 2023. The U.S. Agency for International Development is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance to respond to the devastating impacts in Turkiye following the worst earthquake to hit the region in almost a century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Airmen from the 436th Aerial Port Squadron load a pallet of cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Feb. 7, 2023. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance to respond to the devastating impacts in Türkiye following the worst earthquake to hit the region in almost a century. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez) — Airmen assigned to the 436th Aerial Port Squadron push a pallet of cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023, as the base supports response efforts to the earthquake in Turkiye. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marco Gomez)