• Liberty Spotlight: Airman 1st Class Bradshaw

    Name and Rank: Airman 1st Class Kyle BradshawUnit: 48th Civil Engineer SquadronDuty Title: Electrical Power Production JourneymanTime in Service: 2 years, 4 monthsTime at RAF Lakenheath: 1 year, 10 monthsHometown: Allendale, MichiganHobbies: Hunting, fishing and weight-liftingCore Value Portrayed:

  • MUNS at midnight

    It's pitch black as a jet flies overhead, when Tech Sgt. Jason Harlan, 48th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance production supervisor, asks, "You hear that sound? If you take munitions out of the equation that's all that is - a sound."The 48th MUNS at RAF Lakenheath provides all explosives,

  • Community Bulletins: Nov. 7

    Interested in submitting an announcement or notice to the Lakenheath Community Bulletins?Contact the 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs office at DSN 226-2151 or e-mail 48fw.painternal@us.af.mil for more information.Did you know that RAF Lakenheath is on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Check us out

  • Remembrance Sunday and the British Legion Poppy

    At the eleventh hour of Nov. 11, we will mark 96 years since the end of The Great War. In the U.S., it is called Veterans Day; in the U.K., it is known as Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Poppy Day.  Millions of people each year stop what they are doing and observe a two-minute silence

  • Liberty Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Wegener

    Name and Rank: Staff Sgt. Brandon WegenerUnit: 48th Operations Support Squadron Weather Flight Duty Title: Weather TechnicianTime in Service: 8 yearsTime at RAF Lakenheath: 6 monthsHometown: Dallas, TexasHobbies: Sports, video games and remote -control vehiclesCore Values Portrayed: Excellence in

  • The Black Eye Campaign: Victim for a day

    With a black eye visible on the right side of her face, Airman 1st Class Tiffany Laurie, 48th Communications Squadron client systems technician, entered Hangar 7 to resolve a computer issue.She was walking up the stairs as an Airmen she didn't know rushed to ask, "are you ok, do you need some

  • Community Bulletins: Oct. 31

    Interested in submitting an announcement or notice to the Lakenheath Community Bulletins?Contact the 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs office at DSN 226-2151 or e-mail 48fw.painternal@us.af.mil for more information.Did you know that RAF Lakenheath is on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Check us out

  • British Billy explains Bonfire Night, Nov. 5

    Although I am quite the party animal, I'm not a huge fan of fireworks. Those of us in the animal kingdom blessed with acute auditory gifts will not thank you if we have to endure startling explosions and high pitched squeals. As Bonfire Night approaches here in the U.K., I plan to spend the next few

  • 2014 holiday-season mailing dates set

    The 2014 holiday season mailing dates for postal customers assigned to the European theater have been set.The dates are:Space Available Mail (SAM) - 26 Nov 14Parcel Airlift (PAL) - 3 Dec 14First Class/Priority Mail - 10 Dec 14Priority Mail Express - 17 Dec 14These dates are for mail originating in

  • AF to implement DOD TDY policy changes

    The Defense Department recently implemented two TDY policy changes impacting travel reimbursements for Airmen.The first change took effect Oct. 1, and made changes to the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR), Reimbursable and Incidental Expense Policy. The second will be a change in long-term TDY per diem