• 48th Contracting Squadron Awards SABER

    The 48th Contracting Squadron achieved a historic milestone with the first approval of a Simplified Acquisition of Base Engineer (SABER) Contract for a base within the U.K. on September 1st, 2022.

  • Leadership Connect Kick-off

    Leadership Connect is a development program bringing together influential community leaders from various backgrounds in East Anglia, in an effort to share their unique leadership insights with a select group of USAF leaders from UK-based wings.

  • Period of limited night flying at RAF Lakenheath

    The 48th Fighter Wing will conduct limited flying from 20-22 Sept. 2022.During these dates, communities in East Anglia and the surrounding regions may see or hear U.S. aircraft taking off, landing and transiting between RAF Lakenheath and training ranges over the North Sea between 7:00 p.m. and

  • Liberty Wing Airman awarded Bronze Star Medal with Valor

    U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jeremy D. Mapalo, 48th Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor, the fourth highest military decoration signifying heroism, during a ceremony held Aug. 29, 2022, at RAF Lakenheath, England.

  • F-35 maintainers keep Lightning ready during exercise PR22

    Beneath the blue skies of the Mediterranean, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Aaron Jacobs speaks into his headset in order to be heard over the roar of the engine of the F-35A Lightning II he’s helping launch.Jacobs, his fellow crew chiefs and the fifth-generation fighters they keep airborne are

  • The 494th FS spearheads a new deployment model

    U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron, stationed out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, conducted an Agile Combat Employment movement to an undisclosed location, within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, July 15, 2022.