56th RQS returns home from concurrent deployments

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Master Sgt. Jerry Newland, 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons flight chief is greeted by his 2-year-old son Elijah after returning from deployment Sept. 15, 2011. Approximately 60 members from the 56th Rescue Squadron and 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned home today after back-to-back deployments lasting more than nine months in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. The 56th RQS is a combat-ready search and rescue squadron of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters capable of executing all-weather search and rescue missions day or night in hostile environments in support of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.)

56th RQS returns home from concurrent deployments

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Family and friends await the arrival of Liberty Wing Airmen following deployments Sept. 15, 2011. Approximately 60 members from the 56th Rescue Squadron and 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned home today after back-to-back deployments lasting more than nine months in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. The 56th RQS is a combat-ready search and rescue squadron of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters capable of executing all-weather search and rescue missions day or night in hostile environments in support of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lee A. Osberry Jr.)

56th RQS returns home from concurrent deployments

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England – An HH-60 Pave Hawk prepares to taxi after returning from several deployments, September 15, 2011. Approximately 60 members from the 56th Rescue Squadron and 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned home after back-to-back deployments lasting more than nine months in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. The 56th RQS is a combat-ready search and rescue squadron of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters capable of executing all-weather search and rescue missions day or night in hostile environments in support of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connor Estes)

56th RQS returns home from concurrent deployments

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England – Chole Adams (3) helps her dad Capt. Gary Adams, 56th Rescue Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk co-pilot, gather his belongings, September 15, 2011. Approximately 60 members from the 56th Rescue Squadron and 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned home after back-to-back deployments lasting more than nine months in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. The 56th RQS is a combat-ready search and rescue squadron of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters capable of executing all-weather search and rescue missions day or night in hostile environments in support of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connor Estes)

56th RQS returns home from concurrent deployments

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England – Audra Wheeler hugs her 3-month-old daughter, Teagan, before reuniting with her husband Sept. 15, 2011. Approximately 60 Airmen from the 56th Rescue Squadron and 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron returned home after back-to-back deployments lasting more than nine months in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Cory D. Payne)

56th RQS returns home from concurrent deployments

ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Two HH-60G Pave Hawks prepare to land after returning from multiple deployments, September 15, 2011. Approximately 60 members from the 56th Rescue Squadron returned home after back-to-back deployments lasting more than nine months in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Odyssey Dawn and Unified Protector. The 56th RQS is a combat-ready search and rescue squadron of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters capable of executing all-weather search and rescue missions day or night in hostile environments in support of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Cory D. Payne)