USAF Names RAF Lakenheath As F-35A Base, Unveils Closures

Credit: F-35A: USAF
LONDON – The U.S. Air Force has chosen RAF Lakenheath in the U.K. as its first base for the F-35A in Europe. Two squadrons of F-35s will be located at the airbase, with the first aircraft due to arrive in 2020. But the arrival of the aircraft will coincide with significant upheaval in the USAF’s...

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