EXCLUSIVE: List of Lakenheath’s 495th FS F-35 Valkyrie names

The F-35A Lightning IIs of the 495th Fighter Squadron (FS) at RAF Lakenheath have each been given the name of a Valkyrie from Norse mythology. The squadron has the nickname ‘Valkyries’, which was a change brought in for the new era of flying the F-35. The unit had been re-activated on October 1, 2021 and as its previous nickname of ‘Thundervarks’ referred specifically to the F-111F Aardvark, the last aircraft type the unit flew between 1977 and 1991, a new