Crews at a US Air Force base in California load a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft with relief equipment bound for Venezuela to support the country after two devasting earthquakes. The United States said Friday it was sending a disaster response team of more than 250 personnel, including three special search-and-rescue units, to locate survivors in earthquake-hit Venezuela. The teams were dispatched from Miami, Los Angeles and Fairfax County, west of Washington DC.