• British school questions answered

    If you are considering the option of sending your child to a British school here are some frequently asked questions that will help your decision-making. For detailed information on Education and Learning in Britain the Government public service website will provide you with all you need to know.

  • Northern Viking tests command, control capabilities

    An unidentified aircraft is headed toward Iceland's coast. The aircraft is not in contact with the tower, and two F-15 Eagles deployed from Royal Air Force Lakenheath in England scramble to intercept the suspicious aircraft. This is the scenario playing itself out several times during Northern

  • RAF Lakenheath community bulletins, August 13 -17

    FMO closed for holiday The Furnishings Management Office, on RAF Feltwell, will be closed Aug 27 for the British bank holiday. For more information call 226-7154 or 7334. Customer Service at the education center The customer service department at RAF Lakenheath's Education center will be closed due

  • Liberty Command Chief awarded Bronze Star

    The 48th Fighter Wing Command Chief, Jeffery Williams, was recently awarded the Bronze Star for his actions while serving as the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Group Superintendent for four months. According to the award citation, the unit projected A-10 attack and C-130 tactical airlift aircraft

  • Lock it or lose it

    Fifteen-hundred dollars. That's the approximate value of items stolen from vehicles in 2007, according to Staff Sgt. Alberto Castillo, operation staff NCO, 48th Security Forces Squadron. Since the year began, nine vehicles have been broken into and items stolen include CDs, navigation systems and

  • Liberty applauds 203 new Staff Sergeant selects

    According to an Air Force Personnel center press release the Air Force selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant. The staff sergeant selection rate, 41.33 percent, rose 5.46 percent from last year. The average staff sergeant selectee score for the 07E5 staff

  • Icelandic defense exercise kicks off

    Leaders from the United States and Iceland joined NATO partners Aug. 13 to kick off an exercise to demonstrate U.S. commitment to the 1951 bilateral U.S.-Iceland defense agreement and reinvigorate air defense command and control capabilities of joint and coalition forces in Iceland. Exercise