493rd FS deploys to RAF Leeming for Agile Liberty 21-2

The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) 493rd Fighter Squadron (FS) ‘The Grim Reapers’ – a component of the 48th Fighter Wing (FW) – has deployed to RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire to participate in Exercise Agile Liberty 21-2. The 493rd FS, which is stationed at RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, deployed to the North Yorkshire base with ten Boeing F-15C/D Eagles and associated support personnel. Exercise Agile Liberty 21-2 subsequently commenced on August 23 and is due to conclude on August 27. An