• Liberty Spotlight: 48th SFS CATM trains Airmen; remains mission ready

    The room is cold and brisk as the students enter the well-lit range. Old targets are lined up across the main back wall, riddled with bullet holes from previous classes. Clicking and clanking echoes throughout with the sound of weapon inspections and the loading of ammunition. A fresh target is

  • RAF Lakenheath: sky full

    The grey English skies here were more diverse than usual today, as aircraft from all 48th Fighter Wing flying squadrons took flight.

  • Take command: Enroll now for 2018 TRICARE coverage

    On Jan. 1, 2018, there are a number of changes coming to your TRICARE benefit. This includes a change to the current TRICARE regions. The current three regions (North, South and West) will become two regions (East and West). There will be new regional contractors for the new East and West regions.

  • Fueling the mission

    In the twilight hours amidst the rural farm fields of East Anglia, an HH-60G Pave Hawk slowly moves in to place on a taxiway. Several Airmen run against the rotor wash to link a hose from a waiting fuel truck. As the thirsty helicopter idles on the runway and finishes refilling, it rolls onto the

  • PRESS RELEASE: F-15 fighters deploy to Lithuania for readiness training

    Seven F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft, approximately 55 Airmen and associated equipment from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, U.K., deployed to Šiauliai Air Base, Lithuania, today to participate in a Flying Training Deployment (FTD). This training deployment is separate from the ongoing NATO

  • British Billy turns back the clocks

    There's going to be an extra hour for you all to enjoy this Sunday, Oct. 29, and I am already trying to decide whether it would be best spent sleeping, eating or hunting.Truth be told, it makes little difference to me. I live in the moment and refuse to be a slave to the ticking hands of