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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.
The 474th sent their General Dynamics F-111As to the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, and the 347th sent their F-111Fs to Lakenheath in early 1977. Unlike the previous F-4 transition, the F-111 change took place quickly and without any significant problems.
36th Security Forces Squadron: Andersen Air Force Base: 39th Security Forces Squadron: Incirlik Air Base: 42nd Security Forces Squadron: Maxwell Air Force Base: 45th Security Forces Squadron: Patrick Space Force Base: 47th Security Forces Squadron: Laughlin Air Force Base: 48th Security Forces Squadron: RAF Lakenheath: 49th Security Forces ...
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]
Shield Major Command Headquarters Current Commander Mission Air Combat Command (ACC): Langley AFB, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S.: Gen Kenneth S. Wilsbach: To support the global implementation of national security strategy, ACC operates fighter, reconnaissance, battle-management, and electronic-combat aircraft
On 15 January 1960, the F-100s of the 48TFW arrived at RAF Lakenheath. The tactical components of the 48th TFW upon arrival at Lakenheath were 492d, 493d and 494th Fighter Squadrons. The F-100s arrived from France still finished in bare metal with bright individual squadron markings, subsequently changed to a common tri-colour chevron (blue ...
The group and squadrons underwent another name change on 30 May 1944, becoming the 48th Fighter Group and the 492d, 493d, and 494th Fighter Squadrons. [ 4 ] On 6 June 1944, the 48th participated in D-day , the start of the liberation of France, which included more than 14,000 sorties flown by the allied air forces.
During the spring and summer of 1983, units of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing deployed to RAF Sculthorpe because their home station, RAF Lakenheath was having its runway resurfaced. During the summer of 1984, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II F-4E and F-4G squadrons from Spangdahlem Air Base , West Germany , operated from RAF Sculthorpe to ...