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Friday, March 21, 2014

RAF Lakenheath recommended for closure in report commissioned by US government


The future of RAF Lakenheath is up in the air as a report commissioned by the US Government has recommended it for closure.

The report by thinktank RAND Corporation has suggested a range of cost-cutting measures in Europe to the US Department of Defense, including the closure of the US Air Force (USAF) base which has been operating at Lakenheath for more than seventy years.

Another option is moving the resident 48th Fighter Wing squadron to another air base and keeping RAF Lakenheath as an intelligence and communications centre.

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