No sunset this year at the Martlesham Heath Sunset Parade & Service
Back row: Martyn Cook [MHAS Chairman] & Robert [Bob] Dunnett [MHAS Vice Chairman]
Front row: Bishop Walsh, Suffolk Police Representative, Richard Barker [President MHAS], Col Mark Ciero [USAF AFB Ramstein] & Wing Commander Phil Nicholson [RAF Liaision Officer the USAF bases in Eastern England]
A great friend of Martlesham Heath Aviation Society is Colonel Mark Ciero [callsign ZERO in USAF parlance] by the USAAF memorial at Barrack Square Martlesham, this memorial was the first to be erected within Europe after hostilities ceased after WWII
Mark was the Deputy Commander of the RAF base at Lakenheath until 2014 and was then promoted to full Colonel with a role in NATO at Ramstein AFB in Germany