CINC Award: We Won! You Did This.

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What is the CINC Award?

Installations compete on how well they achieve the department's objectives in several areas of installation management, including mission support, energy conservation, quality of life and unit morale, environmental stewardship, real property management, safety, health and security, communications, and public relations.

Excellent installations enable better mission performance and enhance the working and living conditions for military men and women, DOD civilians and their families. Each of the winning installations succeeded at being the best in achieving excellence in performing installation management within their military service and the Defense Logistics Agency.

Each winning installation will receive a commemorative trophy, flag, and a congratulatory letter from the President.

How We Did? 

--2021 - CinC Annual Awards Winners Installation Narratives--

"Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath is home to the 48th Fighter Wing (FW) also known as the "Statue of Liberty Wing". The 48th FW is the only U.S. Air Force combined F-15C and F-15E wing and also its only dual-capable aircraft nuclear fighter unit. RAF Lakenheath is the largest U.S. Air Force-operated base in England occupying 2,300 acres. It supports 5,000 military members and 2,000 British and U.S. civilians as well as 11,000 family members. When teamed together, the F-15E and F-15C of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa's sole F-15 fighter wing provide an air combat capability never before seen and never again duplicated in the history of air power.

In FY 2020, RAF Lakenheath projected air power in support of 5 combatant commands and its 9,000 sorties flown in support of the Air Expeditionary Force, Immediate Response Force deployment, and multiple North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) exercises saw the furthering of the Nation's strategic alliances and elimination of 472 enemy targets. To optimize the base's ability to support the mission, the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron managed the Air Force's second largest construction portfolio of $1.3 billion with over 130 projects to include 31 military construction projects and 80 renovation projects to ready the Wing for 18 new missions. RAF Lakenheath's Real Property Office capitalized $10 million through 13 transfers of real property, added 16 new assets to system records, and processed 14 facilities for demolition. The base also established its first Space Management Group to provide a structured process to manage all space requests in order to find the best solution for all mission and tenant partners.

The installation developed its Task Force Welcome Home to build lasting and successful partnerships throughout the community. Its Change of Occupancy plan significantly reduced the amount of time Airmen and their families had to wait to move on base. Additional programs were initiated to help improve the dorm facilities and esprit de corps. The Unite Program drives unit morale at RAF Lakenheath by empowering commanders to plan unit cohesion activities to strengthen the Squadrons. Through the pandemic, 62 events were held to strengthen Liberty Wing squadrons and keep them connected while boosting their morale and cohesion.
The installation's facility team completed a $3.8 million energy project which converted base lighting to light-emitting diodes realizing an annual savings of $500,000 and reduced lighting energy consumption by 35%. The Environmental Management Office was instrumental in the protection of the highly endangered species habitat that surrounds the main runway. They were able to safely trans locate a habitat to allow for the F-35 bed down, a regulatory process unique to the U.K. To elevate competitive contracting actions, 48 Contracting Squadron created a new "Business Hub" and employed new trade-off techniques. As a result, it increased competition by 68% and delivered over $62 million of first-ever contracts.

RAF Lakenheath demonstrated superior performance throughout the year by amassing one Department of State, four Department of Defense, 12 Air Force, and 98 USAFE-AFAFRICA level awards.