United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)
Condition
Operational
Website
www.lakenheath.af.mil
Site history
Built
1940 (1940)
In use
1941 – 1948 (Royal Air Force) 1948 – present (US Air Force)
Garrison information
Garrison
48th Fighter Wing
Occupants
492d Fighter Squadron
493d Fighter Squadron
494th Fighter Squadron
495th Fighter Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: LKZ, ICAO: EGUL, WMO: 03583
Elevation
10 metres (33 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
06/24
2,743 metres (8,999 ft) Concrete/Asphalt
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.
Despite being an RAF station, Lakenheath currently only hosts United States Air Force (USAF) units and military personnel. The host wing is the 48th Fighter Wing (48 FW), also known as the Liberty Wing, assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA). The wing operates the F-15E Strike Eagle and the F-35A Lightning II.
^"Defence Estates Development Plan (DEDP) 2009 – Annex A" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 3 July 2009. p. 18. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
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