Delaware Base supports earthquake response efforts in Turkey.

07 Feb, 2023 | By Defense.gov: 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.

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.