• British Billy and Big Ben

    I trust that 2014 is treating you all well. Personally speaking, it began with the disappointment that the Queen has once again overlooked me in her New Year's Honours list, so I will have to wait a little longer before I can be addressed as Sir Billy. Considering my significant cultural

  • Famed scientist, author visits RAF Lakenheath

    On the afternoon of Dec. 29, 2013, Royal Air Force Lakenheath received a surprise and impromptu visit from a member of the local community and a famed figure in the global scientific community. Preceding the unexpected visit, RAF Sqn. Ldr. Jerry Neild, RAF commander, received a late-night call - an

  • British Billy's Happy Hogmanay

    As the other Alpha male in our happy homestead happens to be a proud Scotsman, my whiskers are already bristling with anticipation as the New Year approaches. The Scots have always preferred to postpone their seasonal celebrations for a few days to welcome in the New Year, an occasion the Scots call

  • Lakenheath Community Bulletins

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

  • Chairman, SEAC roll out first NCO and Petty Officer Book to the Armed Forces

    Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, the Senior EnlistedAdvisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (SEAC), will host an Inauguralbook release ceremony on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Pentagon Auditorium.Keynote speaker is Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of theJoint Chiefs of

  • Air Force Medical Service turns to secure messaging

    Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare

  • Munition mission receives recognition

    They work with the world's most advanced munitions on a daily basis, along with the fighter jets that use them. Airmen from the 48th Munitions Squadron, known as Ammo, are responsible for identifying, inspecting, maintaining, testing, and assembling guided and unguided, non-nuclear munitions."Ammo

  • British Billy's Great Britons: Charles Dickens, 1812 - 1870

    It's turned a bit chilly, hasn't it? My family in Scotland is already experiencing their first snowfalls of the winter, and the sight of flurries of snowflakes never fails to stir the festive feline within me.Apparently this is largely due to Mr. Charles Dickens, the quintessential Victorian author

  • Keeping tradition

    With the holiday season in full swing, Airmen from the 492nd Fighter Squadron took time to give back to charities of the local community during the Duxford Christmas Party at the Imperial War Museum, Dec. 14, 2013. More than 270 people packed the venue, as members of the 492nd FS ran a series of

  • Resource Advisor displays ‘Service Before Self’

    Name and Rank: Tech Sgt. Jered JonesUnit: 48th Security Forces SquadronDuty Title: Resource AdvisorTime in Service: 12 yearsTime at RAF Lakenheath: 1 year, 8 months Hometown: Dalton, OHHobbies: Playing with electronics and automobiles, building computers, refinishing wood, helping others from