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A street sign pointing the way to an entrance of RAF (Royal Air Force) Lakenheath, home of the US Air Force’s 48th Fighter Wing, is seen near the village of Lakenheath, east of England, on June 15, 2020. – The UK Coastguard launched a search and rescue operation Monday to find the pilot of a US fighter jet that crashed during a training mission in the North Sea. The US Air Force said the F-15C Eagle went down after taking off from the RAF Lakenheath base near the town of Mildenhall in eastern England. The base is home to the 48th Fighter Wing, which has operated from there since 1960 and has more than 4,500 active-duty military members. (Photo by CHRIS RADBURN / AFP) (Photo by CHRIS RADBURN/AFP via Getty Images)

US, UK jointly tracking mysterious drone incursions near England military bases

So far, there’s been no associated operational or safety impacts to troops on the ground there, officials confirmed.
Wallops Island, Virginia, Oct. 21, 2021. U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs and the Army Hypersonic Program Office successfully conducted a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign. This test informed the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike and the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon offensive hypersonic strike capability. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)

AUKUS alliance seals plans for collaboration on hypersonics testing

Under the Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation (HyFliTE) project arrangement, the three AUKUS nations will conduct up to six flight test campaigns by 2028.
A Soldier with 18th Space Company, 1st Space Brigade, operates a miniaturized tactical space system in a small tactical vehicle guarded by a British Army Special Operations Brigade soldier during Project Convergence Capstone 4 experimentation at White Sands Missile Range, Feb. 28, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Brooke Nevins)

Achieving digital integration across allies: Lessons learned from Project Convergence

The success of Capstone yielded three major takeaways on government-industry partnerships.
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Green Berets with 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), and an augmentee with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, clear a corridor of threats during the Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat course, Jan. 24 to Feb. 3, 2022. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

SOCOM taking innovation foundry to London to focus on special ops in ‘smart cities’

The event “will explore the challenges of physical and remote SOF operations in a range of future complex smart city scenarios,” according to SOCOM.
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