• UK community recognizes US Airmen for heroic actions

    Every year, brave individuals are recognized as community heroes at the Stars of Suffolk awards ceremony, and this year, Nov. 19, four Airmen from the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron won the Armed Services of the Year award in recognition of their heroic actions after a Hellenic air force F-16

  • US F-15 deployment supports OIR, Turkish airspace

    In support of the United States' commitment to the fight against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, the 39th Air Base Wing received the second group of F-15s November, 12, 2015, here.The F-15E Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath, UK, arrived at approximately 5 p.m. These aircraft

  • CPI cuts fitness test wait times, gives time back to mission

    Fitness assessments recently underwent a makeover at the fitness assessment cell here, implementing innovative, yet subtle changes to maximize the efficiency of fitness testing during a Continuous Process Improvement, or CPI, event.The goal was to find ways to reduce wasted man hours. This week-long

  • Remembrance Sunday and the British Legion Poppy

    At the eleventh hour of Nov. 11, we will mark 97 years since the end of The Great War. In the U.S., it is called Veterans Day; in the U.K., it is known as Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Poppy Day.  Millions of people each year stop what they are doing and observe a two-minute silence

  • Rescue squadrons to relocate to Italy

    The U.S. Air Force announced today that the 56th and 57th Rescue Squadrons, currently assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing here, will relocate to Aviano Air Base, Italy.The move will improve training opportunities and bring the squadrons closer to regional hot spots."It has been a truly rewarding

  • U.S. Ambassador to Israel visits Blue Flag

    The U.S. Ambassador to Israel visited the Blue Flag exercise at Uvda Air Force Base, Israel, Oct. 26.Ambassador Daniel Shapiro arrived in Uvda to observe U.S. participation in the multinational exercise, which included air forces from Israel, Greece, Poland and the U.S.Blue Flag, modeled after the

  • USAF F-15s complete 2nd Israeli 'Blue Flag'

    The 493rd Fighter Squadron participated in the Israeli Blue Flag exercise at Uvda Air Force Base, Israel, Oct. 18-29.The bi-annual exercise, first conducted in 2013 as the Israeli air force's largest multinational aerial exercise, provided air-to-air and air-to-surface missions to improve the