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Fighters jets over our quiet village? It’s the sound of freedom

The Times/The Sunday Times 14 Mar 2025
The people of Lakenheath needn’t have bothered setting their alarms before bed, knowing that the roar of an F-35 turbofan engine would wake them at exactly 6.45am ... An F-15 takes off from RAF Lakenheath on Thursday morning.
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US jets shatter Suffolk dawn silence in Nato show of strength

The Times/The Sunday Times 12 Mar 2025
Amid concerns about the future of the alliance, F15 and F35 jets from the 48th Fighter Wing, based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, began a two-day period of early morning flying ... Major Hope Cronin, spokeswoman for the regiment, said ... .
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US poised to house nuclear weapons in Britain for first time in two decades

The Daily Telegraph 04 Mar 2025
The images, published in a report from the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), indicate that 22 previously mothballed nuclear bunkers at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk have undergone extensive upgrade work.
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RAF Lakenheath laying groundwork for possible return of US nuclear bomb storage, report says

Stars and Stripes 03 Mar 2025
military wants to reestablish a nuclear mission at RAF Lakenheath for the first time in nearly two decades, the Federation of American Scientists said ... of an F-35A at RAF Lakenheath, England, Dec.
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The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US?

The Observer 27 Feb 2025
They include the misnamed RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, actually a US air force base, from which it deploys F-35 jets; RAF Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire, in reality a US NSA base conducting military ...
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