LAKENHEATHI15-101 governs weather support procedures and responsibilities for RAF Lakenheath, RAF Feltwell, and assigned 48th Fighter Wing units.
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It covers observations and forecasts, weather warnings, watches, and advisories, specialized support, and reciprocal support. Compliance with the publication is mandatory, and it requires records created from prescribed processes to be maintained and disposed of under cited Air Force records requirements.
Applies to: It applies to all units assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing.
48 OSS/OSW does not have weather radar. To compensate, the weather flight uses a combination of Air Traffic Control (ATC) radar, data from the Air Force Weather Web Services (AFW-WEBS), United Kingdom (UK) composite radar and/or pilot reports (PIREPs) to determine if precipitation and/or thunderstorms are within 25 Nautical Miles (NM) of the base. (paragraph 2)
Unless stated otherwise in this instruction, the minimum notification time required to request briefing support is 24 hours. (paragraph 3)
The minimum notification time for a DD175-1s is two hours. (paragraph 3)
General information required for briefing support is briefing time and location, take-off times, route, destination, and CORONET Delivery Control Officer (DCO) contact information if available. (paragraph 3)
Weather observations, forecasts, and historical data/records will be released only to Department of Defense (DoD) agencies or contractors under contract to the United States Air Force (USAF). (paragraph 1)