RAF Lakenheath, Britain, has become the first Air Force installation in Europe to receive the Digital Airport Surveillance Radar, a new radar system for air traffic control. It was also the first to install new air traffic control consoles dubbed Standard Terminal Automation Replacement Systems. “This improvement is about safety and will make our ability to go to war safer and more reliable,” said Col. John Quintas, commander of Lakenheath’s 48th Fighter Wing. DASR replaces the Generalized Proportional Navigation system previously used to track aircraft and weather conditions. The STARS consoles supplant the Automated Radar Terminal Systems in Lakenheath’s radar approach control facility. MSgt. Klane Pierce, 48th Operations Squadron assistant chief controller, said the new equipment allows the controllers to see “smaller aircraft and gliders that in the past may have not been detected.” DASR and STARS became operational Nov. 18. (Lakenheath report by SrA. David Dobrydney)
Space Force Adds Unit Tying Acquisition to Test and Training
Sept. 18, 2025
The Space Force has introduced a host of new and revamped deltas in recent months to tighten the ties between acquisition and operations. Now, a new unit is adding training to the mix.
