Crime & Safety

Photo Gallery: Fairfax USAR in Japan

Team helping to find earthquake, tsunami survivors.

The Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team arrived in Japan at about 1:30 a.m. ET Sunday (3 p.m. local time) to help with search and rescue efforts there, according to the group's Web site tracking the team. The group was deployed to Japan after the earthquake and tsunami hit the area Friday.

The crew landed at Misawa Air Base, a U.S. military base about 150 miles north of Sendai, the area that saw the biggest hit from the tsunami. The base is home to the 35th U.S. Fighter Wing.


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