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RAF Lakenheath's gate guardian is North American F-100D Super Sabre, serial number '54-2269'. The aircraft was originally delivered to the French Air Force. On return it was moved to the "Wings of Liberty Memorial Park" at RAF Lakenheath. Firstly it was painted as '55-4048', latterly as '56-3319'. [53]
Non-flying squadrons and units include No. 2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron RAuxAF Regiment, the RAF Air Battlespace Training Centre, RAF Air and Space Warfare Centre, the headquarters of the intelligence reserves, and No. 7006 (VR) Intelligence Squadron. [33] RAF Weston-on-the-Green: England: Oxfordshire
Aircraft seen in the area include Royal Air Force Airbus A400M, Typhoon, Hawk, F-35A/B jets and Texan T1s, as well as U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles and F-15E Strike Eagles which are based at RAF Lakenheath and MC-130 and V-22 Osprey from RAF Mildenhall. [2]
Between 20 and 26 November 2024, [1] a series of unauthorized drone activities was reported over and near four US Air Force bases in the United Kingdom: RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell, and RAF Fairford. [2] [3] These installations, located in Suffolk, Norfolk, and Gloucestershire, are critical to US military operations in Europe. [4]
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Lakenheath is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. It has a population of 4,691 according to the 2011 Census, and is situated close to the county boundaries of both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, and at the meeting point of The Fens and the Breckland natural environments.
RAF Lakenheath is a 111 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest covering parts of RAF Lakenheath Royal Air Force base, east of Lakenheath in Suffolk. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is in the Breckland Special Area of Conservation .
Due to the long runway Fairford was chosen in 1969 as the British test centre for the Concorde aircraft until 1977. [16] The U.S. Air Force returned with Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers deployed on rotation from the many KC-135 bases in the USA. On 15 November 1978 the 11th Strategic Group (11 SG) was activated at RAF Fairford. It was not manned ...