CHECK-IN
Your sponsor should meet you at the airport if you relayed your travel plans. Report to the MPS building T-100 Room 110 to receive your in-processing checklists. Check with the MPS or your unit to determine when you will start Right Start. Air Force personnel are required to attend the Newcomer’s Orientation (Right Start) by the Airman & Family Readiness Center. Right Start is an all encompassing, one location in-process, which is conducted normally every month at builing T-121 TORC Ballroom at 0730-1630. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Also be prepared to meet with your sponsor/immediate supervisor the morning or afternoon after your arrival. They will brief you on local policies and procedures to ensure you have a successful tour at Lajes.
BASE ENTRY
You will be required to show your ID card to get on and off base. ID will be worn at all times on base. Visitor's Center business Hrs are 8 a.m.-12 p.m. & 1 p.m..-3:45 p.m. M-F.
Mid-morning/mid-afternoon are slow times for them. AB4 will provide the little metal alligator clip that loops on the card.
VISITOR ACCESS
Friends or relatives who visit must have a pass to get on base. Be aware that weekend arrivals with spouse/children can have problems going on/off base if you do not have a pass. Apply through Security Forces, T-815 at least two weeks before the visit. We are tenants at this base; the Portuguese must approve visitors' passes.
TRAVELING TO LAJES
From CONUS: Contact your local TMO for availability and flight reservations or visit their page here.
From OCONUS: There are no AMC channels to Lajes Field from OCONUS bases. Travel will be via commercial air. All flights will be routed through Lisbon, Portugal with a final destination of Terceira (TER).