icon-arrow-right icon-play icon-close

Our use of cookies

We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We’d also like to set optional social media cookies to improve your experience of using our site and Google Analytics cookies to help us understand how you use it. We won’t set optional social media cookies or Google Analytics cookies unless you enable themby confirming your choices below. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Cookies Policy.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

If you would like to access social media features, including viewing streamed video content, please provide your consent to the placing of cookies by social media networks, by ticking the box to the left. These networks may have access to follow you and use your online behaviour for other purposes.

We use Google Analytics cookies to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. For more information on how these cookies work please see our Cookies policy

HomeProjectsRAF Lakenheath

RAF Lakenheath

Suffolk

Kier-VolkerFitzpatrick joint venture delivers new infrastructure to ready RAF Lakenheath as the first permanent home in Europe of the US Air Force F-35 Fighter Jet.

  • Construction and renovation of a number of buildings and infrastructure projects at the Suffolk site
  • Six-bay flight simulator
  • Aircraft maintenance unit
  • New hangars
  • 42 aircraft parking aprons
  • Local community engagement
  • At least 40% of the supply chain procured within a 75 mile radius of the site
  • Skills and Training Academy to provide training opportunities for local residents and ex armed forces personnel

"DIO is proud to be working with the US Air Force and Kier VolkerFitzpatrick to deliver this exciting project. The infrastructure being delivered will benefit the local economy by providing a range of training and employment opportunities as well as demonstrating our long and proud history of supporting US Air Force capability in the UK."

Keith Maddison, DIO USVF programme director

Facts and figures

  • Client
    Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
  • Duration
    July 2019 - late 2021
  • Value
    £160 million
  • Project categories
    Civil Engineering

View project on map »

Related News

More news

Kier VolkerFitzpatrick (KVF35) joint venture at RAF Lakenheath wins Ministry of Defence...

The KVF35 programme has generated over £83m of social value, with 42% of the project costs directed to local small and...

RAF Lakenheath PAS Refurbishment sees completion of Phase 2

VolkerFitzpatrick has successfully completed the second phase of its contract to refurbish multiple Protective Aircraft...

More news
+