Marine Corps Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, of Logansport, Indiana, was among 13 U.S. military members killed in the Aug. 26 suicide bombing.

A plane carrying the refugees landed Thursday afternoon at Indianapolis International Airport. The refugees were processed and then boarded buses for the drive to the base.

Indiana is preparing to receive 5,000 Afghan evacuees at Camp Atterbury in the coming weeks, with the first 1,000 set to arrive by this weekend.

Camp Atterbury joins Fort Pickett, Marine Corps Base Quantico and Fort Lee in Virginia; Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort McCoy, Wisconsin; Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey in providing temporary housing and support for up to 50,000 Afghan people.

Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22, was assisting in evacuation efforts at the Kabul airport when he was killed in last week’s bombing attack in Afghanistan.

President Biden speaks at 5 p.m. ET about the blasts outside of the airport in Kabul. More than 150 people were injured, and 12 U.S. troops were killed.

The Department of Defense had agreed to provide the State Department additional temporary housing and support for special visa applicants as quickly as possible. Camp Atterbury is a civilian and National Guard training post under DOD control.

Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said his office has heard from more than 250 Hoosiers with family or connections still trying to leave Afghanistan.

David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed while traveling in a convoy with an Afghan army unit.