56th RQS deploys Pararescue team
Before deploying to Southwest Asia, Pararescuemen from the 56th Rescue Squadron give a “dog-pile” goodbye to Tech. Sgt. Marshall Jordan, NCO in charge of the pararescue team, before boarding a C-17 Globemaster at RAF Lakenheath, England, Jan. 4. Pararescue jumpers, or PJs, make up an elite corps responsible for combat search and rescue missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Connor Estes)