page_title: RAF Mildenhall
section_title: Post Cold War
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Mildenhall / History / Operational history / Post Cold War
caption_attribution_description: English: Team Mildenhall Logo. Source: RAF Mildenhall Public Affairs.
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Mildenhall, more commonly known as RAF Mildenhall, 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 operations, and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing.
  On 8 January 2015, the United States Department of Defense announced that operations at RAF Mildenhall would end and be relocated to Germany and elsewhere within the UK. After a period of uncertainty it was confirmed in July 2020 that the relocation of operations would no longer take place and that Mildenhall would remain open for the foreseeable future.
context_section_description: The 306th SW operated at RAF Mildenhall until 1 February 1992, when the 100th Air Refueling Wing of USAFE, assumed the 306th SW responsibilities, and became host unit at Mildenhall, along with becoming Headquarters European Tanker Task Force with its KC-135 Stratotankers.
  The 100th ARW provides aerial refuelling support to Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, as well as aircraft of allied nations.  Its aircraft are also capable of transporting litter and ambulatory patients using patient support pallets during aeromedical evacuations.
  In May 1993, as part of the drawdown of forces in Europe, it was announced that the majority of the USAF-operated base at RAF Alconbury was to be returned to the British Ministry of Defence.  As a part of this return, the 352nd Special Operations Group and its associated aircraft, the MC-130E, HC-130P/N and MH-53, transferred to RAF Mildenhall in March 1995.
  On 1 July 1994, the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron was activated at Mildenhall, essentially taking over the mission of the inactivated 306th Strategic Wing.
caption: Team Mildenhall logo
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