USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out with a hint of vapour from the damp skies after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out with full burners after departing Lakenheath.

Departing from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk is this USAF Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refuelling Wing.

USAFE Mcdonnell Douglas F15E Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE Mcdonnell Douglas F15E Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out with full burners after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint on finals to land at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, and L3 Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk in the circuit at RAFLakenheath.

USAFE Mcdonnell Douglas F15E Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk taxes out for departure for a routine training sortie.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out with full burners after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE Mcdonnell Douglas F15E Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE McDonnell Douglas F15C Eagle leaving for its home base return at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk after performing in a Historic flypast at RIAT 2017.

On finals to land at RAF Lakenheath is this F15E from the 494th fighter Squadron which is part of the 48th Air Wing based at the air base. This aircraft was armed with missiles under the wings when it departed.

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This day four years ago was the first of two superb days in Suffolk at both RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath.

This Madhatters Strike Eagle breaks left after a PAR approach to Runway 06 at Lakenheath.

USAFE "75th Anniversary livery" & "48th Wing 70th Anniversary in Europe" F15E Strike Eagle arriving at RAF Fairford, for the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

"HOSS 21" | 494th FS "Panthers" - 48 FW - USAFE - RAF Lakenheath | RAF Lakenheath

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USAFE Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix climbs out from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions.

Performing during its display at RIAT 2022 at RAF Fairford is this Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey from the 7th Special Operations Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk.

USAFE "75th Anniversary livery" & "48th Wing 70th Anniversary in Europe" F15E Strike Eagle on finals to land at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk.

USAFE "75th Anniversary livery" & "48th Wing 70th Anniversary in Europe" F15E Strike Eagle arriving at RAF Fairford, for the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II's from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk in the circuit at RAFLakenheath.

The USAFE 48th FW's 70th Anniversary F-15E 'Strike Eagle'

92-0364 holds for departure from home base Lakenheath

Recently painted with 'stars and stripes' and with her fins adorned with the Statue of Liberty along with silhouettes of the Fighter Wing's previous and current mounts - the F-84, F-86, F-100, F-111, F-4 and now the F-15E and F-35

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RAF Lakenheath's newest 5th generation fighter aircraft the Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II departs from RAF Fairford after appearing at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

USAFE Mcdonnell Douglas F15E Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out after departing Lakenheath.

USAFE Boeing WC-135 Constant Phoenix climbs out from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The WC-135 Constant Phoenix is a special-purpose aircraft derived from the Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and used by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to collect samples from the atmosphere for the purpose of detecting and identifying nuclear explosions.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath accelerates with full burners out of RAF Lakenheath.

A F-15 belonging to Grim Reapers performs a low pass during Athens Flying Week. Notice the kill mark for shooting down a Mikoyan MiG-29 aircraft using an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile during Operation Allied Force.

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C-130J-30 Super Hercules

C/N: 382-5840

USAFE 37AS 86AW (D-Day stripes)

Mildenhall (MHZ/EGUN) 28.10.2021

HKY792 inbound to Runway 28 in some lovely autumnal light. Nice to see it still sporting the D-Day invasion strips that it acquired as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Normandy landings. Assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, which is part of the 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein in Germany.

RAF Lakenheath's newest 5th generation fighter aircraft the Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II joins the circuit at RAF Fairford to appear at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

Aviano NATO based USAFE General Dynamics F16 Fighting Falcon departing from RAF Fairford after appearing at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

USAFE 493rd Sqn "the Grim Reapers" F15E Strike Eagle joining the circuit before coming into land at home base RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk.

USAFE "75th Anniversary livery" & "48th Wing 70th Anniversary in Europe" F15E Strike Eagle arriving at RAF Fairford, for the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

RAF Lakenheath's newest 5th generation fighter aircraft the Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II on finals to land at RAF Lakenheath after an afternoon sortie.

Taxing onto the 05 end of the main at RAF Lossiemouth is this McDonnell Douglas F15-E Strike Eagle based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, England. The aircraft is part of the 48th Fighter Wing (Liberty Wing) and has multi-role capabilities.

RAF Lakenheath's newest 5th generation fighter aircraft the Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II dearts from from RAF Fairford after appearing at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022.

USAFE F15D Eagle which is part of the 48th Air Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk bashing the circuit before landing.

Visiting Aviano based USAFE 31st FW 'Buzzards' General-Dynamics F-16C Viper 89-2046/AV recovers to RAF Lakenheath

There on TDY with thirteen others, this one was using call-sign 'Speed 12'

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'Grim 01' aka unmarked USAFE McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle 86-0175 of the 493rd FS/48thFW holds clear before departing Lakenheath's Runway 24

After 30 years with the Squadron, their F-15C's have now left for home

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USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath accelerates with full burners out of RAF Lakenheath.

Performing during its display at RIAT 2022 at RAF Fairford is this Bell Boeing CV-22 Osprey from the 7th Special Operations Squadron based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk.

The Lockheed MC-130 is the basic designation for a family of special mission aircraft operated by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), a wing of the Air Education and Training Command. This aircraft is from RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk and is seen here performing circuits at Prestwick airport in Ayrshire Scotland.

USAFE Lockheed Martin F35A Lightning II from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk climbs out from RAF Lakenheath.

USAFE Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint on finals to land at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, and L3 Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

USAFE F15D Eagle which is part of the 48th Air Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk bashing the circuit before landing.

USAFE Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint on finals to land at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, and L3 Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

USAFE Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint on finals to land at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, and L3 Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.

USAFE 100th ARW's Boeing KC-135R 58-0036 aka 'Lager 338' holds clear of Mildenhall's active whilst Boeing E-3 AWACS c/s 'NATO 40' smokes her way down the approach before making several overshoots

Lager 338 had launched earlier to meet 'Olive 12', an RC-135W which routed OTT and back to the US

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USAFE Boeing RC-135 Rivet Joint on finals to land at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.

The Boeing RC-135 is a family of large reconnaissance aircraft built by Boeing and modified by a number of companies, including General Dynamics, Lockheed, LTV, E-Systems, and L3 Technologies, and used by the United States Air Force and Royal Air Force to support theater and national level intelligence consumers with near real-time on-scene collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities.