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Delaware Base Supports Earthquake Response Efforts in Turkey

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

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

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.

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Flight Line Walk

Senior Airman Kevin Linder, a passenger service representative assigned to the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, walks to a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023.
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An airman in silhouette walks near an aircraft on flight line against orange sky.

Flight Line Walk

Senior Airman Kevin Linder, a passenger service representative assigned to the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, walks to a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023.

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Pallet Push

Air Force Senior Airman Garrett LaMarche, a loadmaster assigned to the 6th Airlift Squadron, pushes a cargo pallet onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023, as the base supports earthquake response in Turkey. The U.S. Agency for International Development is mobilizing emergency humanitarian assistance following the worst earthquake to hit the region in nearly a century.

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Civilian search and rescue personnel gather with baggage and gear in a waiting area.

Boarding Prep

Urban search and rescue personnel from Fairfax County, Va., gather their belongings before boarding a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023.

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Getting Ready

An urban search and rescue team member from Fairfax County, Va., puts on cold weather gear before boarding a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023.

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Boarding Checks

Air Force Airman Donovan Harris, left, and Airman 1st Class Jayden Stroup, right, both passenger service representatives assigned to the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, verify names of urban search and rescue personnel from Fairfax County, Va., before the boarding of a C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 7, 2023.

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Resting Rescuers

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.

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