RAF Mildenhall

Part of United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE-AFAFRICA)

Near Mildenhall, Suffolk, England

EGUN

RAF Mildenhall location in Suffolk

Coordinates

52°21′54″N 000°28′51″E / 52.36500°N 0.48083°ECoordinates: 52°21′54″N 000°28′51″E / 52.36500°N 0.48083°E

Type

Royal Air Force station

Site information

Owner

Ministry of Defence

Operator

Royal Air Force:
(16 October 1934 – 1 September 1959)
United States Air Force:
(1950 – 2016)

Open to
the public

Website

www.mildenhall.af.mil

Site history

Built

1934

In use

1934-present

Airfield information

Identifiers

IATA: MHZ, ICAO: EGUN

Elevation

10 metres (33 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
11/29	2,810 metres (9,219 ft) Concrete/Asphalt

Royal Air Force Mildenhall, more commonly known as RAF Mildenhall, (IATA: MHZ, ICAO: EGUN) is a Royal Air Force (RAF) station located near Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.

Despite its status as a Royal Air Force station, it primarily supports United States Air Force (USAF) operations, and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW).

On 8 January 2015, the United States Department of Defense announced that operations at RAF Mildenhall would end, and be relocated to Germany (Spangdahlem Air Base) and also within the UK.

On 18 January 2016, the British Ministry of Defence announced that the site is to be sold.

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 (USAFE); as well as units of the United States Navy.

RAF Mildenhall, together with its sister base RAF Lakenheath, have the largest United States Air Force presence in the United Kingdom.

The host unit at RAF Mildenhall is the 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW), which deploys aircraft for and manages the European Tanker Task Force, a rotational force which provides air refuelling to US and NATO aircraft in the European Theatre. It is the only permanent USAF air refuelling wing in the European theatre, activated at RAF Mildenhall on 1 February 1992. The wing provides the critical air refuelling 'bridge' that allows the Expeditionary Air Force to deploy around the globe with the appropriate urgency.

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