page_title: 56th Rescue Squadron
section_title: Operations from Iceland and the United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: 56th Rescue Squadron / History / Operations from Iceland and the United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Navy Aviation Support Equipment Technician Airman Riley Tanner (left) and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handler) Airman David Singh run to remove the chocks and chains securing a U.S. Air Force Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk from the 56th Rescue Squadron so it can take off from amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD-15) during evening training operations. Elements of the 56th Rescue Squadron, which is based out of RAF Lakenheath, England (UK), embarked aboard Ponce to provide search and rescue coverage for pilots enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya. Ponce was part of Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.
context_page_description: The 56th Rescue Squadron is part of the 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy. The squadron was previously assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, England. It operates HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters conducting search and rescue missions.
context_section_description: It flew search and rescue support to the Iceland Defense Force from, May 1988-September 2006.
  In 2011 a detachment of helicopters from the 56th deployed on board the USS Ponce (LPD-15).
caption: A 56th RS HH-60G Pave Hawk aboard USS Ponce (LPD-15) during Operation Odyssey Dawn off the Libyan coast, 2011.
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