RAF Lakenheath
Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England
Summary
Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, 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.
Originally created by Sum0
7/25/2004, 6:46:34 PM
Modified
5/7/2026, 12:49:34 PM
Recent revisions
Close up
Paragraph about the F-15E shot down by Kuwait during the first few days of the Iran War
copy editing
/* F-15 operations, 1992–present */ clean up, replaced: Spetember → September
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1351360295|1351360295]] by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-25766-69|~2026-25766-69]] ([[User talk:~2026-25766-69|talk]]), page blanking
/* F-15 operations, 1992–present */
close up
Updated section on the Iran War protests
Capital letter
Remove small unsourced bit for now
airhistory.net is a [[WP:UGC]] fansite, not a reliable source [[WP:RS]]
Presumably all from the same source
493rd reactivation with F-15s and the later transition to F-35s
adjust references and close gaps
Added long-needed sourced section on F-111 operations (1977–1992)
Standardised USAF unit designations per official naming (e.g. 492d, 493d)
restore referencing
Reorganised F-15/F-35 sections, clarified squadron and infrastructure info, moved incidents/accidents to a separate section, improved chronological flow.
