RAF Lakenheath

E301445

Royal Air Force station military air base

RAF Lakenheath is a major United States Air Force-operated airbase in eastern England that serves as a key hub for American air power in Europe.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Lakenheath canonical	8

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station ⓘ military air base ⓘ
alliance	NATO ⓘ
controlledBy	United States Air Forces in Europe ⓘ surface form: United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentAircraft	F-15 Eagle ⓘ surface form: F-15C Eagle F-15 Eagle ⓘ surface form: F-15E Strike Eagle Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ⓘ surface form: F-35A Lightning II
garrison	48th Fighter Wing ⓘ
hasFacility	medical treatment facilities for U.S. forces ⓘ
hasHousing	on-base family housing for U.S. personnel ⓘ
hasRunway	06/24 ⓘ 12/30 ⓘ
hostNationSupport	United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
hostsUnit	48th Maintenance Group ⓘ 48th Medical Group ⓘ 48th Mission Support Group ⓘ 48th Operations Group ⓘ 492d Fighter Squadron ⓘ 493d Fighter Squadron ⓘ 494th Fighter Squadron ⓘ 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron ⓘ
IATACode	LKZ ⓘ
ICAOCode	EGUL ⓘ
locatedNear	Brandon, Suffolk ⓘ Thetford Forest ⓘ
location	East Anglia ⓘ England ⓘ Suffolk ⓘ
nearbyInstallation	RAF Mildenhall ⓘ
nickname	Liberty Wing home ⓘ
opened	World War I era ⓘ
operator	Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
primaryMission	projection of U.S. air power in Europe ⓘ tactical fighter operations ⓘ
role	forward base for U.S. air operations in Europe ⓘ support for NATO air operations ⓘ
runwayLength_06/24	approximately 2744 metres ⓘ
runwayLength_12/30	approximately 2438 metres ⓘ
runwayOrientation	roughly northeast–southwest ⓘ roughly northwest–southeast ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
significantUsePeriod	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
timezone	Europe/London ⓘ
usedBy	48th Fighter Wing ⓘ Eighth Air Force ⓘ Third Air Force ⓘ
usedFor	deployment staging to other theaters ⓘ training exercises with NATO allies ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suffolk, England → hasAirbase → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

Brandon → hasNearbyMilitarySite → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

Lakenheath → hasNearbyFacility → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

Lakenheath → hasNearbyMilitaryBase → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

Mildenhall → hasNearbyMilitaryBase → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

RAF Mildenhall → nearbyRAFStation → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

48th Fighter Wing → garrison → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ

48th Fighter Wing → locatedIn → RAF Lakenheath ⓘ