Duke of Cambridge visit

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom -- Tech. Sgt. Daniel Baker, 423rd Security Forces Squadron, shakes hands with the Duke of Cambridge during his visit to The Manor School. The Airmen spoke with Prince William about the mentoring program they’ve established through their honorary commander, Julie Spence, the former Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Maguire)

501st CSW Everyday Hero - November 2012

RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom -- Cheryl Fedorkowicz and Jennifer Leigh Heatly, 422nd Air Base Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Annex, were named November’s 501st CSW Everyday Hero from the 422nd ABG. Fedorkowicz, the Community Readiness coordinator, and Heatly, the Family Services coordinator, run the annex. In any given month, the coordinators host a number of briefings and issue Air Force Aid vouchers for PCS child care and car care. They also loan temporary kitchen and household items to in- and outbound residents of RAF Croughton. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

422nd MDS activates at RAF Croughton

RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom - Lt. Col. Stephanie McCue receives her first salute as the commander of the 422nd Medical Squadron during an activation ceremony at the RAF Croughton Crown Nov. 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

Pie brings 501st CSW, local communities together

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing and local communities eat pie during the Thanksgiving Pie Social at the Community Activity Center Nov. 21. The RAF Alconbury Chapel hosted the social and the women of the chapel baked more than 80 pies for the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

501st CSW Angel Tree

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – The 423rd Air Base Group and mission partner leadership were the first ones to take an angel off the RAF Alconbury Angel Tree at the Exchange Nov. 21. Across the 501st CSW, Angel Trees will be set up at RAF Alconbury and RAF Croughton. On each one hangs a tag with the age of the child, gender, and the child's preferred gift. The RAF Croughton Angel Tree will be at the commissary the first week of December. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

501st CSW leadership thanks RAF Alconbury, RAF Molesworth

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom –Members of the 423rd Air Base Group serve a traditional Thanksgiving meal to families assigned to RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth during the 501st Combat Support Wing Thanksgiving Community Night at the Stukeley Inn at RAF Alconbury Nov. 20. The free dinner was a way for the 501st CSW leadership to say thank you for all of the work the men and women in the 501st CSW, as well as the mission partners, do throughout the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

2012 Madingley Ceremony

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom – Col. Brian May, 501st Combat Support Wing vice commander, salutes after placing a wreath at the Tablets of the Missing during the Veteran’s Day ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery Nov. 12. Nearly 50 wreathes were laid during the ceremony to honor and remember veterans from the United States and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

2012 Madingley Ceremony

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom – Servicemembers from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Army bear wreaths to the base of Tablets of the Missing during the Veteran’s Day ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery Nov. 12. The wreaths were laid on benches sitting at the base of the Tablets of the Missing, which contains the names of 5,126 missing during World War II. Cambridge American Cemetery is the only World War II American cemetery in England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

2012 Madingley Ceremony

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom - Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, 3rd Air Force commander, reminded everyone of the ultimate sacrifice made by some veterans during his speech at the Veteran’s Day ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery Nov. 12. “Some 3,812 killed in World War II are laid to rest in this cemetery, and they fought for liberty in several different ways,” Franklin said. “Some of them were nurses tending the wounded; others were Sailors who brought vital supplies to England; and still other Airmen fighting in the skies over England and Europe.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

Remembrance ceremony held at RAF Welford for those lost in bomber accident in WWII

RAF WELFORD, United Kingdom – Maj. Steven Gorman, 420th Munitions Squadron commander, salutes after placing a wreath at the base of the Sarcen Stone, which carries commemorative plaques to a number of important Welford anniversaries, during a remembrance ceremony at RAF Welford’s Memorial Grove Nov. 9. The remembrance service is held as close as possible to National Remembrance Sunday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

501st CSW Airmen selected for promotion to chief master sergeant

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – Senior Master Sgt. Michael Brown, 423rd Communications Squadron superintendent, receives his certificate announcing his selection to promotion to chief master sergeant from Col. Michael Reiner, 423rd Air Base Group commander, during the chief master sergeant selection ceremony at the Stukeley Inn on RAF Alconbury November 9. Three senior master sergeants from within the 501st Combat Support Wing were part of the more than 450 senior master sergeants from across the Air Force recently selected for promotion to chief master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

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Multi-Base Paintball Challenge invades RAF Molesworth

RAF MOLESWORTH, United Kingdom - A service member from the RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth team holds his paintball gun above his head in surrender as he exits the playing field during the Multi-Base Paintball Challenge Nov. 3, 2012, at RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom. Players were tagged out of each 10-minute game if they were shot and the paintball broke on their coveralls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kelsey Waters)

Multi-Base Paintball Challenge invades RAF Molesworth

RAF MOLESWORTH, United Kingdom - Service members on the RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth team wait behind barriers to shoot unsuspecting members of the opposing team during the Multi-Base Paintball Challenge Nov. 3, 2012, at RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom. Players were tagged out of each 10 minute game if they were shot and the paintball broke on their coveralls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kelsey Waters)

RAF Alconbury celebrates Halloween

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – Members of the 423rd Security Forces Squadron patrolled the housing areas on RAF Alconbury as part of the Pumpkin Patrol Oct. 27. The Pumpkin Patrol allows base and surrounding communities’ children to trick-or-treat in a safe place. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

RAF Alconbury celebrates Halloween

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – Trick-or-treaters from the communities around RAF Alconbury and the base itself came out to celebrate Halloween in base housing Oct. 27. The base opened the gates for children of all ages to have a safe place to trick-or-treat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

501st CSW Everyday Hero - October 2012

RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom – Senior Airman Thomas Talbot, 422nd Security Forces Squadron, was named the October 501st Combat Support Wing Everyday Hero from the 422nd Air Base Group. Talbot is the unit training monitor, unit scheduler and an instructor. His hard work and dedication ensure squadron members maintain their deployment readiness, skill level up-grades, qualification training for TASER, LIDAR and Baton use, and annual training requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Randy Hillsgrove)

501st CSW Everyday Hero - October 2012

RAF MENWITH HILL, United Kingdom – The Menwith Hill Library Team staff was named the October 501st Combat Support Wing Everyday Hero from the 421st Air Base Group. The base library has been without a head librarian and an assistant librarian for over 10 months. Despite the lack of expertise, the library team has maintained superb service to the base populace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brok McCarthy)

RAF Croughton Half Marathon

RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom – Col. Charles Hamilton, 422nd Air Base Group commander, runs in the middle of the pack of the RAF Croughton Half Marathon held Oct. 19. More than 50 people competed in the marathon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Randy Hillsgrove)

RAF Croughton Half Marathon

RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom – Runners and volunteers line up for the group photo before the RAF Croughton Half Marathon began Oct. 19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Randy Hillsgrove)

Ribbon cutting officially opens clinic at RAF Alconbury

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – RAF Alcobury first floor layout. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

Ribbon cutting officially opens clinic at RAF Alconbury

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – (Left to right) Col. Michael Reiner, 423rd ABG commander, Dame Mary Archer, Cambridge University Hospital chairman and 423rd Medical Squadron honorary commander, and Lt. Col. Cherron Galluzzo, 423rd MDS commander, cut the ribbon the RAF Alocnbury Clinic Oct. 19. The ribbon cutting at the RAF Alconbury Clinic is the first step in many the U.S. Department of Defense is taking in returning the RAF Upwood Clinic back to the host nation. The return of this site is part of U.S. European Command’s (USEUCOM) continued effort to remove non-enduring sites, bases and installations from its real-property inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

Ribbon cutting officially opens clinic at RAF Alconbury

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – The RAF Alconbury ribbon cutting ceremony took place Oct. 19. The new clinic will see its first patients Oct. 31. The ribbon cutting at the RAF Alconbury Clinic is the first step in many the U.S. Department of Defense is taking in returning the RAF Upwood Clinic back to the host nation. The return of this site is part of U.S. European Command’s (USEUCOM) continued effort to remove non-enduring sites, bases and installations from its real-property inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)

Ribbon cutting officially opens clinic at RAF Alconbury

RAF ALCONBURY, United Kingdom – The RAF Alconbury ribbon cutting ceremony took place Oct. 19. The new clinic will see its first patients Oct. 31. The ribbon cutting at the RAF Alconbury Clinic is the first step in many the U.S. Department of Defense is taking in returning the RAF Upwood Clinic back to the host nation. The return of this site is part of U.S. European Command’s (USEUCOM) continued effort to remove non-enduring sites, bases and installations from its real-property inventory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Stives)