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Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath (IATA: LKZ, ICAO: EGUL) is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west of Thetford. The installation's perimeter borders Brandon.
Air Command was formed as a merger of Strike Command, and Personnel and Training Command to administer the majority of operational units within the RAF.. Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB serves as the Chief of the Air Staff, the professional head of the Royal Air Force, alongside Air Marshal Paul Lloyd CBE, the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
Although the concept of a command dates back to the foundation of the Royal Air Force, the term command (as the name of a formation) was first used in purely RAF-context in 1936 when Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Training Command were formed. Since that time the RAF has made considerable use of the term. Until early 2007 ...
On 15 September 2020, the USAF announced that the 495th Fighter Squadron would be reactivated as first F-35A unit of the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath. [9] On 6 April 2021, the unit was officially redesignated as the 495th Fighter Squadron. [10] The 495th FS was reactivated on 1 October 2021, with 27 aircraft and roughly 60 personnel. [11]
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An aerial view of the RAF airfield Mildenhall on October 25, 2017 in Mildenhall, England. Getty Images The entrance of Lakenheath, home of the US Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing, in eastern England.
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The Air Force has awarded the Silver Star to a female airman for the first time following her role in the shootdown of more than 80 Iranian drones that were part of Iran's large missile and drone ...