• Common access card takes on upgrade

    Customers trying to get a new military identification card will notice a change this time around as the customer service flight went through a common access card distribution system upgrade earlier this year. The upgrade to the real-time automated personnel identification system, or RAPIDS, is to

  • "Use or lose" leave deadline approaches

    As the end of the fiscal year approaches "use or lose" leave becomes one of the main topics of discussion. As a reminder, it is the member's responsibility to ensure leave is consummated prior to the end of September and commanders must allow them to use their leave to the greatest extent possible

  • RAF Lakenheath community bulletins, August 31 - September 6

    OCSC annual special The Lakenheath Officers' and Civilians' Spouses club annual special activities coffee is Sep 11 at the Liberty Club Ballroom at 10 a.m., call to order is at 10:30 a.m. Cost for members is $6.95, non members are $8.95, new members visit free the first time. RSVP by Sep to

  • Call conveys commander's priorities

    Hundreds of Airmen gathered at Hanger 6 to listen with anticipation to Brig. Gen. John Hesterman, 48th Fighter Wing commander speak at a commander's call Aug. 31. The focus of the commander's call was for General Hesterman to convey his expectations of all Liberty Warriors and what they can expect

  • Win big with FOD

    If an Airman picks something up off the flight line, they could win big. The 48th Fighter Wing Foreign Object Damage Monitor, Tech. Sgt. Randy Simon, manages four programs aimed to raise FOD awareness and award those who have helped the wing prevent damage to an aircraft, or even save a life.

  • Hydration at its finest

    Water is important in everyone's daily life. Everyone drinks it, use it to wash their cars, water their lawns and flush their toilets, but people usually don't pay much attention to it. Luckily the 48th Civil Engineering Squadron utilities flight has got their back. The 48th Civil Engineering

  • Drivers' first priority is the road, avoid distractions

    From changing the radio station, to downing an iced vanilla latte, to soothing a crying baby, distractions inside and outside of the car can make it hard to concentrate on the road. In a recent study done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65

  • Ryder Cup steps off in full swing

    Forty Airmen, civilian employees and dependants from RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall took place in this years Ryder Cup golf tournament, despite pouring rain. The Aug. 18-19 Ryder Cup included Brig. Gen. John Hesterman, 48th Fighter Wing commander, Col. John Clarke, 48th Mission Support Group

  • School's new faces include more than students

    Children attending Liberty Intermediate and Lakenheath Middle Schools will see new faces this year as both schools have new principals. Both Terri Marshall and John Fletcher are no strangers to Europe, but this is a first-time for each of them to be assigned to the United Kingdom. Mr. Fletcher is