It is expected that the 493rd FS will be officially inactivated as the last aircraft depart RAF Lakenheath and then reactivated before the arrival of the first F-35. The Grim Reapers will become ...

"Lakenheath is the perfect base for the perfect ... the United States and the United Kingdom have been side-by-side on F-35 program development. This is about continuing to work together with ...

Royal Air Force Lakenheath will be the first European base to host U.S. F-35 Joint Strike Fighter squadrons, the Pentagon announced. The facility, located in the eastern part of England in the ...

The new F-35 squadron at Lakenheath will consist of 27 aircraft and roughly 60 personnel, the Air Force said. “The 495th has a proud history, and we’re excited to take the guidon forward to ...

Only at RAF Lakenheath could drying a wet runway turn into a full-throttle airshow. In this video, I captured F-35s and F-15s using raw jet power to blast water off the tarmac - with style.

With the arrival of the F-35 (pictured), RAF Lakenheath will be one of the few bases flying both fourth- and fifth-generation fighters. Credit: Mikaela Maschmeier/Lockheed Martin The U.S. Air ...

In an effort to sustain and recapitalize the fighter fleet, the USAF is planning to return Lakenheath’s F-15Es to the U.S. once the two F-35 squadrons are fully operational. In an unexpected ...

Two more squadrons of F-35 stealth jets will be stationed as RAF Lakenheath as part of the US increasing its military presence across Europe. The RAF base, in Suffolk, is home to the US Air Force ...

The F-35, by and large, came onto the scene in 2016 ... In January of 2022, the first American F-35s arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath in the United Kingdom. In the following months, we ...