Nepal earthquake relief effort

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  • U.S. Air Force Airmen, Dover AFB, Del., load a C-17 Globemaster III with approximately 70,000 pounds of equipment and supplies for the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, April 26, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 69-member team is deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • Members of Virginia Task Force 1 pack and prep their gear on April 25, 2015 at their Chantilly, Virginia, headquarters, before deploying to conduct search and rescue operations in Nepal. Countries and international aid groups rushed to respond Saturday to a massive earthquake in Nepal that claimed more than 1,000 lives as aftershocks and severed communications hampered rescue efforts. AFP PHOTO/PAUL J. RICHARDS
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tavin Alford, 436th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation journeyman, loads a pallet of equipment and supplies for the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team onto a C-17 Globemaster III, April 26, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. The 69-member search and rescue team is deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • Members of Virginia Task Force 1, Fairfax Urban Search & Rescue Team, work on their go bags among the packed bags of search & rescue members April 25, 2015 at their Chantilly, Virginia, headquarters, before deploying to conduct search and rescue operations in Nepal. Countries and international aid groups rushed to respond Saturday to a massive earthquake in Nepal that claimed more than 1,000 lives as aftershocks and severed communications hampered rescue efforts. AFP PHOTO/PAUL J. RICHARDS
  • Sixty-nine members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, Fairfax, Va., prepare to board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. Members of the team are specially trained career and volunteer fire and rescue personnel, with expertise in rescuing victims from collapsed structures following a natural or man-made catastrophic event. The team is deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • Racker, a Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue K-9, waits to board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. Sixty-nine members of the team, including six search and rescue K-9s, are deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • Jennifer Massey, Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue K-9 search specialist, Fairfax, Va., and her K-9, Phayu, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. Massey and Phayu are part of a 69-person search and rescue team deploying to Nepal to assist in rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • Bill Kennedy, 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron transit alert, marshals a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. The aircraft is loaded with 69 members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, their supplies and equipment, and six K-9s, to assist Nepal with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • Sixty-nine members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team await takeoff on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. The specially trained team and approximately 70,000 pounds of their supplies are deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)
  • A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III takes off from Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. The aircraft is loaded with 69 members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team, supplies and equipment, and six K-9s, to assist Nepal with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class William Johnson)