• Portraits of Love: Everything comes in time - meanwhile, travel

    Editor's note: This article is part two of a five-part series depicting the many varieties of love Airmen have in their lives that give them the support and motivation to accomplish the Air Force mission.Instead of looking for a Valentine, one Airman will be having a family reunion of sorts this

  • Portraits of Love: Tumultuous start, fairytale ending

    Editor's Note: This article is part one of a five-part series depicting the many varieties of love Airmen have in their lives that give them the support and motivation to accomplish the Air Force mission.Eleven years ago, in a dusty desert city outside of Los Angeles, the bell rang for second period

  • Community Bulletins: Feb. 5, 2016

    Interested in submitting an announcement or notice to the Lakenheath Community Bulletins?Contact the 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs office at DSN 226-2151 or e-mail 48fw.painternal@us.af.mil for more information.Did you know that RAF Lakenheath is on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube? Check us out

  • Performance Feedback: Two sides of the same coin

    As we near election season, the national electorate is preparing to cast their votes in local and national races. Our votes will provide a type of "performance feedback" to our elected leaders.During this time, have you thought about the feedback you see as Airmen? Now is a good time to reflect

  • Leadership conducts first-ever 48th FW EFDP

    Wing leadership conducted the wing's first-ever Enlisted Forced Distribution Panel Jan. 27, to determine promotion recommendations for eligible technical sergeants.On the enlisted performance report, the top two promotion recommendations an Airman can earn are "Promote Now" and "Must Promote." A

  • WWII bomber navigator revisits past

    World War II veteran Roy Smith and his family recently visited Royal Air Force Lakenheath where he served in 1943 as an RAF Striling bomber navigator.In 1941, Smith made the decision to join the RAF in hopes of becoming a navigator. To his dismay, he found himself on the fast-track to becoming a

  • 48th LRS provides UK students with tools for success, career opportunities

    Diagnostic and recertification students from Suffolk New College spent the afternoon touring the vehicle maintenance section of the 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Jan. 20, to see exactly what it would be like to work on American cars if they apply to work in the unit after graduation."We've been