After I visited the Azores over Thanksgiving, I was struck by the degree of the U.S. draw down from its longtime presence at Lajes Field, especially given China’s quite open desire to lease the ...

Over Thanksgiving, I briefly visited the Azores, an archipelago in the middle of the North Atlantic, which is home to Lajes Field, a Portuguese Air Force Base that is also home to the U.S. Air Force’s ...

The U.S. Air Force has deployed at least twelve refueling aircraft to Lajes Field in the Azores. The Department of Defense has not confirmed whether the deployment is related to the ongoing conflict ...

An Air Force B-2 Spirit Bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, undertakes a hot pit refueling operation at Lajes Field, Portugal, on September 12, 2023. (Cristina Oliveira/Air Force) American ...

PRAIA DA VITÓRIA, Azores - Brian Hardeman, commander of the 65 th Air Base Group at Lajes Field in Terceira, said the Azorean base continues to be strategic for the United States and admitted the ...

Portugal, July 24, 1985: A construction worker mans a wheelbarrow on a construction site that was part of an enormous building program at Lajes Field in the Azores. The $200 million renovation and ...

Instructors from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Civil Engineer School provided on-site consultation to develop a base master plan for the 65th Air Base Group at Lajes Field in September.

American airmen are being warned not to use water from some Portuguese Air Force-maintained buildings at an airfield in the Azores amid an outbreak of Legionella bacteria. According to an email shared ...