• Commentary--Oral piercings, potential dangers

    Some people feel that lip and tongue piercings are a harmless form of individualism or self-expression. People often get these piercings in their adolescent or young adult years with the intention of removing them later. However, damage caused by these piercings can have long-lasting effects.People

  • Boil water notice: RAF Lakenheath Update

    All base personnel and RAF Lakenheath housing residents are to continue to boil their water until further notice. All official updates will be made through base official email from the Wing, the 48th Fighter Wing website www.lakenheath.af.mil and/or the official RAF Lakenheath Facebook page

  • 48th FW maintainers adapt to dynamic situation in Israel

    Maintainers from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England had to use their creativity and adaptability to ensure mission success during the first-ever Israeli Blue Flag exercise. Blue Flag, which took place Nov. 24-28, was a multinational aerial warfare training exercise hosted by the Israeli Air Force

  • Town hall meeting addresses fly-tipping, safety

    The East Anglia Housing Office held a town hall meeting at the Strike Eagle Complex for service members and their families that are base housing residents at Royal Air Forces Feltwell, Mildenhall and Lakenheath, or military housing in nearby Ely, Dec. 2.The meeting covered holiday safety

  • Feature - The tale of the Brit's snail mail

    A 78-year-old British man felt so passionately about the American military that he wrote down his thoughts in a five-page, single spaced letter, guessed at an address, stuck it in the mail and wondered if anyone would read it. Two months later, someone did. But only after the bulky letter with the

  • Proven partners patrol Icelandic airspace

    Liberty Airmen united with fellow Airmen and their NATO partners for the 2013 Icelandic Air Policing mission at Keflavik International Airport.To find out how these Airmen protected the sovereignty of Iceland's airspace and strengthened an already strong alliance with NATO, click the video to the

  • 48th Fighter Wing participates in first-ever Israeli Blue Flag exercise

    The U.S. Air Force participated in the first-ever Israeli Blue Flag exercise here, Nov. 24-28.Blue Flag was the largest multinational aerial warfare training exercise hosted by the Israeli Air Force, and included forces from the U.S., Israel, Italy, and Greece. Its objectives were to improve

  • Boil water notice: RAF Lakenheath

    Starting December 3, water maintenance will be conducted that will affect the entire base. The water cannot be considered "safe" to drink until two sets of consecutive bacteriological samples are negative (48 hours total). Therefore, a boil your water before use notice will be in effect from 8 p.m.