• Commentary: Voting: Do we take our choice for granted?

    Imagine a world, where as a military member, you do not have the right to vote, and if you are a citizen of voting age, you must vote...whether you like it or not. Failure to do so would result in fines, not being able to work in the public sector, obtain a loan from a public bank or even get a

  • Community Bulletins: January 8, 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

  • Uniting the Road

    ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians all transiting from place to place don't seem dangerous until there's tragedy...an avoidable tragedy.Our daily lives consist of managing stressors ranging from mission requirements and family matters and

  • No-go on illegal knife possession in UK

    Did you know that it's illegal to carry knives in the UK?Carrying an illegal or banned knife in public can be punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine of £5,000 plus court costs.It is illegal to carry a knife with a blade longer than three inches in length or a lock knife regardless of

  • Driver's Fatigue

    Statistics show that nearly 20 percent of accidents on major roads are related to driver fatigue. Most motorists, if not all, have dealt with driving while tired. Some try to fight the drowsiness with tricks such as turning the volume up on their radio, rolling the windows down or downing energy

  • 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