The United States involved its military resources to provide humanitarian assistance to Turkey, which continues to conduct search and rescue operations after the strongest earthquakes that occurred on February 6, the Voice of America reports.
On Thursday, the US administration announced the allocation of urgency of Turkey for $ 85 million.
The leadership of the Pentagon mission to help Turkey is entrusted with the command of the US Navy in Europe and Africa. The brigade General of the Marine Corps Andrew Prudy, commander of the airborne forces of the US Navy in Europe and the commander of the 2D marine expeditionary brigade, arrived in Turkey on February 9 to head the efforts to coordinate assistance.
The US Navy strike group, led by the George Bush aircraft carrier, is now in the Eastern Mediterranean and, according to its command, “is ready to provide material, technical, medical and helicopter support of” Rescue operations.
On February 7, American helicopters based at the Indjirlik military air base began transporting rescuers to the most injured areas, on February 8, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters began delivery of the wounded to local medical institutions. Additional Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, ready for any missions at the discretion of Turkish rescue services, were sent to the indigenic.
IndJIRLIC Air Base has become the largest center for humanitarian delivery to the injured regions. American soldiers help Turkish military unloading thousands of tons of cargo coming from allies and partners from around the world. Since February 7, the Indjirlik air base adopted more than 1337 aircraft with humanitarian aid, the publication notes.
Starting on February 6, immediately after the earthquake, the United States mobilized the efforts to help Turkey by the forces of the Assistance for Groups (DART) of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). In the south of Turkey, in the most affected areas, two search and rescue teams of 79 people work.