• Programs help Airmen pick up the pace

    With new Air Force physical training standards in full force, many Airmen are looking for ways to gain a few extra points on their scores.When it comes to the 1.5-mile run portion of the test, units are setting challenges and Airmen are starting programs designed to motivate testers and help them

  • Warning: armed aircraft

    Airmen with the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron arm an F-15C Eagle with AIM-9X and AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile munitions in support of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing Mission on Sept. 23.The 493rd EFS performed the IAP mission from Sept. 6 to 24. The squadron was comprised of

  • Maintainers go the distance

    Working long hours, the Airmen of the 48th Maintenance Group sometimes find getting to the main fitness & sports center difficult.Instead, they use the flightline gym, which is open 24 hours and has recently seen the start of a new fitness program.Established by 48th Maintenance Group commander,

  • Lakenheath Community Bulletins

    Office Hour ChangesNew wing-wide customer service hours have been approved effective Oct. 1. The new hours are as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Offices working the new hours are as follows:Legal ReceptionPharmacyMedical

  • Fire Prevention Week Oct. 3-9

    The following events are scheduled to mark Fire Prevention Week:· Oct. 3 - Pancake breakfast in Fire Station 1, Building 1200, at 9 a.m.· Oct. 4-5 - Suffolk Fire Experience Unit visit Lakenheath Elementary and Intermediate Schools.· Oct. 4-7 - Information kiosk, static vehicle display, fire

  • COMUSAFE gets inside view of NATO’s Icelandic Air Policing mission

    Gen. Roger A. Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, visited the Airmen of the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Sept. 22 to get an inside view of NATO's Icelandic Air Policing mission. The visit allowed the 42-year Air Force veteran to learn about what approximately 200 Airmen, who are