The 48th Security Forces Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, Britain, on June 1 dedicated one of the base’s gates to SrA. Jason D. Nathan, a unit member killed one year ago in Iraq. “Airman Nathan represents the absolute best of what the Air Force brings to the fight every day,” Capt. Gregory Bodenstein, who served with Nathan in Iraq, said during the dedication ceremony. Nathan was killed by an improvised explosive device June 23, 2007, while on a combat patrol in Tikrit. His grandfather, Rev. Lorenzo Holt, his sister, Janelle, and his mother, Phyllis Nathan, attended the ceremony. (Lakenheath report by TSgt. J. LaVoie)
Due to the prolonged delay in deliveries of the Tech Refresh 3 version of the F-35 fighter, Denmark is pulling six of its TR-2-configured F-35 jets stationed in the U.S. back to home base in order to consolidate aircraft and get better training for its pilots and maintainers, the Danish…