• Eagle Eyes

    Perched several stories above the flightline, air traffic controllers keep RAF Lakenheath operations smooth and aircrews safe.

  • Saving Eagles

    Air Force firefighters are always ready to respond not only to typical fire emergencies, but to aircraft related ones as well.

  • RAPCON: Coordinating mission success

    The soft lights of large displays reveal faces of Airmen as they sit in the dark room, the sounds of multiple voices speaking calmly into their headsets. Finally the watch coordinator’s voice breaks the low rumbling voices to congratulate everyone on a successful evening of ensuring Liberty Wing

  • 48th CS: Spiders maintain communications web

    The aptly named 48th Communications Squadron ‘Spiders’ play an integral role in keeping the 48th Fighter Wing’s web of communications systems up and running, providing service to approximately 5,500 users across 25 organizations.

  • School Liaison office: The education experts

    When Airmen with children go through a permanent change of station, there are certain boxes that need to be checked, even more so when moving overseas. Tasks such as finding a house, ensuring household goods are transported on time and finding child-care services can be overwhelming, to say the

  • Metals techs fabricate mission success

    A member of the 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals unit uses a plasma cutter to cut a piece of metal for a future fabrication project at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Jan. 25. Metals technicians assist units across RAF Lakenheath repairing aircraft equipment on a regular