RAF Mildenhall

United Kingdom / England / Isleham /
 military airbase, Second World War 1939-1945, military, RAF - Royal Air Force, United States Air Force
RAF Mildenhall (IATA: MHZ, ICAO: EGUN) is a nominal Royal Air Force (RAF) station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, its actual purpose is to support United States Air Force operations in Northern Europe and it is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW). As RAF Mildenhall's current "host wing" the 100 ARW supports some 16,000 personnel, three geographically separated units (GSUs) and 15 associated units.

RAF Mildenhall hosts units from four different major USAF commands -- Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Mobility Command and United States Air Forces in Europe; as well as units of the United States Navy.

Order of Battle

100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing
501st Combat Support Wing (Det. Mildenhall) (USAFE)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501st_Combat_Support_Wing
352nd Special Operations Group (AFSOC)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/352d_Special_Operations_Group
95th Reconnaissance Squadron (ACC)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_Reconnaissance_Squadron
U.S. Air Forces in Europe-United Kingdom (USAFE-UK)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europ...
Part of 55th Wing, 55th Operations Group, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
488th Intelligence Squadron (ACC)
Part of 55th Wing, 55th Operations Group Intelligence Wing, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base
727th Air Mobility Squadron (AMC)
Part of 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/727ams.htm
Fleet Industrial Supply Center Mildenhall (COMUSNAVEUR)

RAF Mildenhall and its sister base RAF Lakenheath are the largest United States Air Force bases in the United Kingdom.

www.mildenhall.af.mil/units/index.asp
for history of wartime use see @:
www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/s44.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Mildenhall
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   52°21'45"N   0°29'13"E

Comments

  • home of the 100th air refueling wing
  • flies kc-135 strato-tankers
  • From 1976 to 1990, the SR-71 Blackbird was flown out of Mildenhall by the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing of the USAF
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