LIVE (PART2) US AIR FORCE F-15 & F-35 ACTION 48TH FIGHTER WING USAF • RAF LAKENHEATH

Join us live at RAF Lakenheath, a USAF base which is home to the 48th Fighter Wing. RAF Lakenheath might carry the name RAF, but it is a USAFE base and home to four combat ready fighter squadrons under its wing. The base is home to the birth of ’SKIM THE FENCE’ and ’SKIM THE VAN’ where the F-15E Strike Eagles and F-35A Lightning pilots like to show us all how it’s done. Which is your favourite at RAF LAKENHEATH, the F-15E or the F-35A? The F-35s at Lakenheath are the A variant and they have some very unique characteristics of the three main variants. They have a ’Vulcan-like’ howl and although they cannot hover, they are the variant of the ABC that can pull 9Gs. They are incredible to watch and hear. RAF Lakenheath is the home of the 48th Fighter Wing. Armed with four fighter squadrons which include the 492nd FS, 493rd FS, 494th FS and the newly reactivated ’Valkyries’, the 495th Fighter Squadron. Although the base carries the name of RAF, it is in