• Commentary: 30 is the new A1C

    I've made a lot of plans for my life, but being a 29-year-old Airman was never one of them.I didn't join because there were no other options; I joined because it was the best option for me. When I joined I barely squeaked by at the top of what was then the maximum age limit to enlist, but while I

  • Commentary: How I learned to stop worrying and love the new ...

    Finally, at long last, the moment had arrived.After years of speculation, months of rumors, and more recent -- yet still relatively vague -- press releases, all would soon be revealed.Staring at the screen, I was ready to be thrust into the next chapter of an epic saga dating back to my own

  • Community Bulletins: Dec. 30, 2015

    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

  • Commissary leadership: open doors, open ears

    In with the new, out with the old. With new leadership, the commissary has brought in new ideas to improve the customer experience and the facility itself."We want people to have fun when they're shopping," Clyde Nolen, RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall store director, a recent addition to the

  • Community Bulletins: Dec. 24, 2015

    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

  • Community Bulletins: Dec. 18, 2015

    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

  • RAF bases come together for joint training

    RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall teamed up, Dec. 9, 2015, for Joint Emergency Response training to analyze, identify, control and help mitigate any type of hazardous emergency within the local area.According to Tech. Sgt. Peter Torres, 48th Civil Engineer Squadron NCO in charge of response and

  • Community Bulletins: Dec. 10, 2015

    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

  • Strike Eagles vs. Typhoons: exercise brings aircraft together

    Iron sharpens iron; the same could be said for fighter jet pilots seeking new ways to improve their skills to deliver decisive combat air power.Fighter pilots from Royal Air Force Coningsby and the 494th Fighter Squadron partnered up for dissimilar air combat training, here, Dec. 7-8, 2015.The