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An instant response from China would have been of great help but .. the politics would appear too taught to enable this.
Airlift: A woman is lifted to safety from the devastation by a Japanese Bell 412 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture
USMC BV107 SeaKnights evidently performed a 1,000m sea crossing from Okinawa to the Japanese mainland in order to render assistance- In Shiroishi, a town near the area hardest hit by the quake, two SH-60 helicopters from US Naval Air Facility Atsugi delivered 1,500 pounds of rice and bread donated by people in Ebina, southeast of Tokyo, the US 7th Fleet, said in a statement Saturday.
- The US Navy destroyer the USS Mustin departed Yokosuka on Sunday. Eight other US ships are en route to Japan from various locations.
- The USS Tortuga departed Japan Saturday night to pick up two helicopters from South Korea and is expected back Tuesday.
- The USS Ronald Reagan has been set up to serve as a platform for refuelling Japanese Self Defense Force and other helicopters involved in the rescue and recovery efforts.
- The US Forces Japan based at Yokota Air Base near Tokyo are the lead military command for coordinating humanitarian assistance. Shortly after the quake struck the air base was designated as an alternate airfield for flights that could not land at Tokyo’s Narita Airport.
- The US Agency for International Development said it was deploying two urban search-and-rescue teams, one from Fairfax County, Virginia, and the second from Los Angeles County. The Virginia team departed Washington on Saturday and was stopping in Los Angeles to pick up the second team. Both teams, comprised of 250 personnel and 30 canines, are set to arrive Monday morning in Misawa, Japan. The rescue dogs will travel on seats alongside their handlers on specially chartered 767's. One of the dogs named "Cadillac" is a Labrador who worked with the Los Angeles Fire Department to find victims after the earthquake in Haiti last year.
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