U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 763rd Maintenance Squadron step off a C-17 Globemaster III June 26, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 49 Airmen returned home from a 149-day deployment to Balad, Iraq, where they maintained combat search and rescue helicopters in support of Operation New Dawn. The squadron is one of Moody's six geographically separated units that fall under the 563rd Rescue Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Danny Capps, 763rd Maintenance Squadron electronic countermeasures journeyman, left, shakes hands with Chief Master Sgt. Wesley Johnson, 763rd MXS superintendent, during the sqaudron's homecoming June 26, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Capps and 48 fellow squadron members returned home from a 149-day deployment to Balad, Iraq, where they maintained combat search and rescue helicopters in support of Operation New Dawn. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Strickland, 763rd Maintenance Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk crew chief, embraces his wife Melissa and their son during the 763rd MXS homecoming June 26, 2011, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Strickland and 48 fellow squadron members returned home from a 149-day deployment to Balad, Iraq, where they maintained combat search and rescue helicopters in support of Operation New Dawn. The squadron is one of Moody's six geographically separated units that fall under the 563rd Rescue Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster/Released)

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763rd Maintenance Squadron homecoming

Published July 14, 2011
By Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster
Nellis Public Affairs

Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. -- Members from the 763rd Maintenance Squadron returned home on June 26, 2011. The 49 Airmen deployed for 149 days to Balad, Iraq to maintain combat search and rescue helicopters in support of Operation New Dawn.