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Sixty-nine members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team await takeoff on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. The team and about 70,000 pounds of supplies are deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

AWAITING TAKEOFF

Sixty-nine members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team await takeoff on a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Dover Air Force Base, Del., April 26, 2015. The team and about 70,000 pounds of supplies are deploying to Nepal to assist with rescue operations after the country was struck by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake.

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