An F-15C Eagle from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath crashed into the North Sea on Monday The pilot of a US Air Force fighter jet which crashed into the North Sea has been found dead.

Two USAF F-15E units, the 492nd and 494th fighter squadrons, are based at RAF Lakenheath, where they operate alongside two squadrons of F-35As as part of the 48th Fighter Wing. It is not ...

Ian Simpson called RAF Lakenheath after seeing flames and sparks come out of Maj Grant Thompson's F-15E Strike Eagle on take-off. Photographer Mr Simpson regularly watches jets take off from the ...