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Royal Air Force and Army Co-operation School RAF (1918–19) became School of Army Co-operation RAF [66] Royal Air Force and Navy Co-operation School (1919) became Royal Air Force Seaplane Establishment [67] Royal Air Force School of Army Co-operation (1943–44) became School of Air Support RAF [20] Royal Air Force School, India (1921–22) [68]
Royal Air Force Mildenhall, or more simply RAF Mildenhall (IATA: MHZ, ICAO: EGUN), is a Royal Air Force 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).
A CV-22B Osprey of the US Air Force's 352nd Special Operations Wing at RAF Mildenhall, 2013. Further information: United States Air Force in the United Kingdom At the invitation of the UK Government , the United States has had military forces (known as US Visiting Forces) permanently stationed in the United Kingdom since the Second World War .
Mildenhall is a market town in the civil parish of Mildenhall High, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is near the A11, and is 37 mi (60 km) north-west of Ipswich. [2] The large Royal Air Force station, RAF Mildenhall, as well as RAF Lakenheath, are located north of the town.
List of Royal Air Force stations. List of former Royal Air Force stations; List of V Bomber dispersal bases; List of Battle of Britain airfields; List of UK Thor missile bases; List of air stations of the Royal Navy; List of airports in the United Kingdom and the British Crown Dependencies; Lists of military installations
Although most USAF bases in the UK had combat missions, in 1966, the Military Air Transport Service established a permanent facility at RAF Mildenhall after the phaseout of the SAC Reflex mission. The 313th Tactical Airlift Wing operates Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and C-141 Starlifter flights to and from the UK from bases worldwide.
Royal Air Force Feltwell or more simply RAF Feltwell is a Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, East Anglia that is used by the United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa. The station is located about 10 miles west of Thetford , and is in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk at approximate Ordnance Survey grid reference TL ...
It is a component of the 752d Special Operations Group (752 SOG), United States Special Operations Command, and is currently based at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall in Suffolk, UK. From their base at RAF Mildenhall, the 7th Special Operations Squadron is able to deploy or extract troops from hostile, sensitive, or otherwise undesirable ...