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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.
Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base is an Ohio Air National Guard installation at Rickenbacker International Airport near Lockbourne in southern Franklin County.The base was named for the famous early aviator and Columbus native Eddie Rickenbacker.
RAF High Wycombe, (Closed by SAC 1965, Operated by USAFE til1 1992 and currently US Navy) RAF Lakenheath (Active) RAF Little Rissington (Closed by USAFE 1993) RAF Lindholme (Attached to RAF Brize Norton – closed by SAC – 1962) RAF Manston (Closed by USAFE 1961) RAF Marham (SAC deployments ended 1966) RAF Membury, (Closed by SAC 1954)
The Ministry of Defence made available Marham, RAF Scampton, RAF Waddington and RAF Lakenheath for B-29 operations. RAF Lakenheath was refurbished with an extended runway to accommodate the giant Convair B-36, however the B-36s were maintained at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas for the time being.
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]
RAF Brize Norton, UK Colliers End, UK: USAFE: 25 May 1951 1 Dec 52: 1 Dec 52 1 Mar 52: Redesignated 7503d Air Support Group [369] 7504th Air Support Wing: RAF Lakenheath, UK: USAFE: 26 Sep 1950: 16 May 51: Replaced by 3909th ABG when base transferred to SAC. [370] 7511th Air Support Wing: RAF Mildenhall, UK: USAFE: 26 Sep 1950: 16 May 51
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They refueled seventeen F-84Gs from Turner Air Force Base, Georgia to RAF Lakenheath, Great Britain during a non-stop 4,485-mile trip. During the second phase of Operation Long Stride in October 1953, the 26th helped refuel eight F-84s of the 31st Strategic Fighter Wing from Turner to Nouasseur Air Base , French Morocco.