Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, is located 70 miles northeast of London and 25 miles from Cambridge. As the host wing, the 48th Fighter Wing is also designated the Air Force’s Statue of Liberty Wing - making it the only wing with both a numerical designation and an official name. In addition to supporting three combat-ready squadrons of F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft, the Liberty Wing houses the 56th Rescue Squadron’s HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue helicopters. RAF Lakenheath is the largest U.S. Air Force-operated base in England and the only U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) F-15 fighter wing.

Current structure:

• 492FS F-15E (Blue stripe) BOLAR
• 493FS F-15C/D (Gold stripe) REAPER
• 494FS F-15E (Red strip) PANTHER
• 56 Rescue Squadron HH-60G JOLLY

A combat-ready F-15C squadron capable of executing air superiority and air defense missions in support of USAFE, USEUCOM and NATO war plans and contingency operations. Employs the world's finest air-to-air weapons and electronic identification systems. Maintains the ability to rapidly generate, deploy, and sustain operations to execute wartime and peacetime taskings in any theater of operations in the world.

Two combat-ready F-15E squadrons capable of executing strategic attack, interdiction, and counter air missions in support of USAFE, USEUCOM and NATO operations. Employs the full array of air superiority and surface attack munitions to include the most advanced precision-guided weapons in the USAF inventory. Capable of deploying to any theater of operations in the world.

The location of Lakenheath and its importance to NATO means that it gets a wide variety of aircraft transitting through from the US to operations in the Middle East. It also receives visitors from European air arms and from nearby Mildenhall

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