Exercise Tiger tragedy remembered during Cambridge ceremony

MADINGLEY, United Kingdom – Arthur Brooks, Cambridge American Cemetery cemetery associate, rubs sand from Normandy into the headstones of William Humphrey, who was killed during Exercise Tiger April 27, 1944. Members of the 423rd Air Base Group and its mission partners commemorated the 69th anniversary of the Exercise Tiger tragedy during a ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery, in Madingley, United Kingdom, April 23. In all 749 American Soldiers and Sailors during one of several assault rehearsals in Exercise Tiger conducted at Slapton Sands on the Devon coast of England in preparation for the launch of Operation Overlord. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

Exercise Tiger tragedy remembered during Cambridge ceremony

MADINGLEY, United Kingdom – Members of a joint service color guard from the 423rd Air Base Group and its mission partners present the colors during a ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery, in Madingley, United Kingdom, commemorating the 69th anniversary of the Exercise Tiger tragedy April 23. In all 749 American Soldiers and Sailors died April 27, 1944, during one of several assault rehearsals in Exercise Tiger conducted at Slapton Sands on the Devon coast of England in preparation for the launch of Operation Overlord. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

Retired CMSAF Robert Gaylor inspires 501st CSW Airmen during visit

RAF MOLESWORTH, United Kingdom - Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert Gaylor, the fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, talks with Master Sgt. Jason Kerkaert, 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron, at the RAF Molesworth range March 7. Kerkaert was one of many Airmen from the 501st Combat Support Wing who helped get the RAF Molesworth range open. The chief visited with members of the 501st CSW during a tour of RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth. He also held an enlisted call where he answered a question he gets asked all of the time - “How does somebody get ahead?” (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

Retired CMSAF Robert Gaylor inspires 501st CSW Airmen during visit

RAF MOLESWORTH, United Kingdom - Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert Gaylor, the fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, talks with Airman 1st Class Kylie Cain, 423rd Security Forces Squadron, at the RAF Molesworth front gate March 7. The chief visited with members of the 501st Combat Support Wing during a tour of RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth. He also held an enlisted call where he answered a question he gets asked all of the time - “How does somebody get ahead?” (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

9/11 Ceremony RAF Molesworth

Personnel from the 501st Combat Support Wing, U.S. European Command Joint Analysis Center, U.S. Africa Command J2-Molesworth and NATO's Intelligence Fusion Centre watch as Col. Michele Cook, U.S. Africa Command J2-M commander, lays a wreath during a 9/11 Ceremony at RAF Molesworth Sept. 9. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John Barton)

President, Peterborough PROBUS thanks Colonel Amy A. Hammond

Mr. Tony Pickering, Vice President of Peterborough PROBUS '02 thanks Air Force Colonel Amy A. Hammond, Commander, 423rd Air Base Group and members of the Tribase for hosting the group in May 6th. This was the first visit to the bases for the group of retired business people. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Javier Cruz)