• 48th FW, 100th ARW, 352nd SOW co-host civic summer event

    For the first time, the commanders of the 48th Fighter Wing, 100th Air Refueling Wing and 352nd Special Operations Wing co-hosted civic leaders and local honorary commanders for a civic summer event at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Aug. 4.

  • The 48th Fighter Wing will increase flying operations

    The 48th Fighter Wing will increase flying operations from RAF Lakenheath beginning Monday. Communities in East Anglia and the surrounding areas may see and hear more jets in the sky than usual over the next couple of weeks.

  • My time as a Defender

    As I sat at my desk listening to the rest of my office make grandiose plans for the extended weekend, and wondering how I was going to spend my own, I was called into my lieutenants office with one of my SNCO’s. “Airman Crawford, do you have any travel plans for this weekend?” the lieutenant said.

  • Lakenheath hosts exchange program forum

    More than 50 U.S. Airmen met for the Military Personnel Exchange Program forum at Eagles Landing here, July 26-27.The program transfers U.S. Airmen, from a variety of career fields, to a partner nation’s air force for a three year term, to learn about that host nation’s air forces’ operations and

  • Three UK-based wings conduct first-time FARP exercise

    Two MC-130Js from the 67th Special Operations Squadron conducted a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise July 26, 2017, on RAF Mildenhall, England. A Forward Arming and Refueling Point, or FARP, is an austere location near a combat zone where fuel and supplies can be transferred from one

  • Actor Bryan Cranston visits Lakenheath Airmen

    Hollywood actor Bryan Cranston visited Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, as part of his USO tour of Europe, July 29.The USO is a private organization with centers all over the world that provides services to military members at home and abroad.“It’s been an illuminating experience for me,” said

  • 480th Fighter Squadron Completes U.K. FTD

    Eighteen F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft and more than 260 Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, completed a three-week flying training deployment here July 31.

  • RAF Marham says ‘Thank you’ to Friends & Families

    ROYAL AIR FORCE MARHAM, England – Neither wind nor rain, could deter the hundreds of attendees for the Friends & Families Day at Royal Air Force Marham, England July 20. One individual commented that it was “proper English weather,” for the annual event held as a private celebration for base

  • Royal Navy navigates 48th Fighter Wing

    Members of the Royal Navy visited the 48th Fighter Wing July 13.The trip presented the opportunity for the Royal Navy lieutenants, who are in the process of becoming fighter controllers and air warfare officers, to see an F-15E Strike Eagle, learn about its capabilities and the capabilities of the