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class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label"><a href="/wiki/Mildenhall,_Suffolk" title="Mildenhall, Suffolk">Mildenhall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a> in <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KC-135_Stratotanker_-_RAF_Mildenhall_(15480012306).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker of the 100th ARW at RAF Mildenhall." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/KC-135_Stratotanker_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%2815480012306%29.jpg/250px-KC-135_Stratotanker_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%2815480012306%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°21′54″N</span> <span class="longitude">000°28′51″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.36500°N 0.48083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.36500; 0.48083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> station (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="United States Air Force in the United Kingdom">US Visiting Forces</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">482 hectares<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">US Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Controlled by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_-_Air_Forces_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa">US Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa</a> (USAFE-AFAFRICA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Condition</th><td class="infobox-data">Operational</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mildenhall.af.mil/">www<wbr />.mildenhall<wbr />.af<wbr />.mil</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772162#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Garrison</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/352d_Special_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="352d Special Operations Wing">352d Special Operations Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/501st_Combat_Support_Wing" title="501st Combat Support Wing">501st Combat Support Wing</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Identifiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Air Transport Association airport code">IATA</a>: MHZ, <a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Civil Aviation Organization airport code">ICAO</a>: EGUN, <a href="/wiki/Location_identifier#WMO_station_identifiers" title="Location identifier">WMO</a>: 03577</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">10.3 metres (34 ft) <a href="/wiki/Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">10/28</td> <td style="text-align: left;">2,808 metres (9,213 ft) <a href="/wiki/Concrete" title="Concrete">Concrete</a>/<a href="/wiki/Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">Asphalt</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: left; background-color: #eee"><b>Source</b>: UK MIL AIP Mildenhall<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Royal Air Force Mildenhall</b>, or more simply <b>RAF Mildenhall</b> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>MHZ</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>EGUN</b>), is a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">station</a> located near <a href="/wiki/Mildenhall,_Suffolk" title="Mildenhall, Suffolk">Mildenhall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. Despite its status as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">Royal Air Force station</a>, it primarily supports <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) operations, and is currently the home of the <a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a> (100 ARW). </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Bomber_Command" title="RAF Bomber Command">RAF Bomber Command</a> used the station for operational combat missions until 1945. Placed on standby status after the war, it was reopened by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and became a USAF-RAF joint operation base on 11 July 1950. It was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a> (SAC), and began hosting <a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">B-50 Superfortresses</a> in 1951, and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97 Stratofreighters</a> from 1953 until 1958. The <a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">Military Air Transport Service</a> transferred its main United Kingdom terminal to Mildenhall in 1958. In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">U-2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">SR-71 Blackbird</a> operations took place from the base. On 8 January 2015, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> announced that operations at RAF Mildenhall would end and be relocated to Germany (<a href="/wiki/Spangdahlem_Air_Base" title="Spangdahlem Air Base">Spangdahlem Air Base</a>) 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. RAF Mildenhall, alongside its sister base <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a>, have the largest <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> presence in the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years_(1930s)"><span id="Early_years_.281930s.29"></span>Early years (1930s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years (1930s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In order to meet a perceived 'continental threat', the British military developed the idea to site a Royal Air Force bomber base at Mildenhall in the late 1920s. Shortly thereafter, the government purchased the land in 1929, followed by the completion of the first buildings in 1931. Three years later, RAF Mildenhall opened on 16 October 1934,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as one of the RAF's largest bomber stations. On the same day, <a href="/wiki/Wing_commander" title="Wing commander">Wing Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Francis_John_Linnell" title="Francis John Linnell">Francis Linnell</a>, assumed his position as the first station commander.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>RAF Mildenhall's premature inauguration was due in large part with its selection to host the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aero_Club" title="Royal Aero Club">Royal Aero Club</a>'s prestigious <a href="/wiki/MacRobertson_Air_Race" title="MacRobertson Air Race">MacRobertson Air Race</a> on 20 October 1934. At the time, the <a href="/wiki/Air_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Air race">air race</a> stood as the longest race ever devised, and attracted over 70,000 spectators to the airfield. Even more telling of the race's significance in the world's sporting spotlight, on short notice <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George V</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_of_Teck" title="Mary of Teck">Queen Mary</a> visited RAF Mildenhall the day before the race. In the end, pilots <a href="/wiki/Tom_Campbell_Black" title="Tom Campbell Black">Tom Campbell Black</a> and <a href="/wiki/C._W._A._Scott" title="C. W. A. Scott">C. W. A. Scott</a> flying the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.88" class="mw-redirect" title="De Havilland DH.88">de Havilland Comet</a> <i>Grosvenor House</i>, crossed the finish line first at <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, less than 72 hours after starting the race.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following this favourable beginning, RAF Mildenhall received its first squadron and aircraft with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/No._99_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 99 Squadron RAF">No. 99B Squadron</a>, equipped with <a href="/wiki/Handley_Page_Heyford" title="Handley Page Heyford">Handley Page Heyford</a> bombers. King George V reviewed 350 aircraft at Mildenhall in 1935 on the occasion of his <a href="/wiki/Silver_Jubilee_of_George_V" title="Silver Jubilee of George V">Silver Jubilee</a>. This historical event is commemorated by a memorial tablet located in front of the Building 562, the current <a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a> headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The threat the RAF had envisioned in the late 1920s materialised during the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Munich Crisis">Munich Crisis</a>. Between 26 September 1938 and 4 October 1939, the airfield completed its installation of its defence systems. After a brief reprieve from war, the airfield prepared for war, bringing station defences and squadrons to full combat readiness. On 3 September 1939, three days after <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> invaded <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, Britain and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> declared war on Germany. Later that same day, three <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Vickers Wellington</a> aircraft from <a href="/wiki/No._149_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 149 Squadron RAF">No. 149 Squadron</a> at Mildenhall were dispatched to bomb the German naval fleet at <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmshaven" title="Wilhelmshaven">Wilhelmshaven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War_(1939–1945)"><span id="Second_World_War_.281939.E2.80.931945.29"></span>Second World War (1939–1945)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second World War (1939–1945)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, RAF Mildenhall remained active as in addition to its own airfield, the base had responsibility for <a href="/wiki/RAF_Newmarket" title="RAF Newmarket">RAF Newmarket</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Tuddenham" title="RAF Tuddenham">RAF Tuddenham</a>, and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a>. During the course of the war, the base witnessed the transition from the two-engine <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Wellington" title="Vickers Wellington">Wellington</a>, to the four-engine <a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">Short Stirling</a>, and finally to the <a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">Avro Lancaster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the war, aircraft from Mildenhall and its satellite airfields had dropped over 23,000 tons of explosives, laid 2,000 mines and flew over 8,000 sorties. The airfield also saw the loss of over 200; Wellington, Stirling, and Lancaster bombers with the loss of over 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Aircrew" title="Aircrew">aircrew</a>. One of those killed, was <a href="/wiki/Pilot_officer" title="Pilot officer">Pilot Officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Rawdon_Hume_Middleton" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawdon Hume Middleton">Rawdon Hume Middleton</a>, an Australian who was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> and is buried at St. Johns Church<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Beck_Row" title="Beck Row">Beck Row</a> after his body was washed ashore.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Target_for_Tonight">Target for Tonight</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Target for Tonight"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the last two weeks of March and the first two weeks of April 1941, Mildenhall was used for the making of the film <i><a href="/wiki/Target_for_Tonight" title="Target for Tonight">Target for Tonight</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So as not to give away important information to the enemy, Mildenhall took the fictitious name of <b>Millerton Aerodrome</b> and several other aspects involving the day-to-day operations were altered. The film, produced by the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Film_Unit" title="Crown Film Unit">Crown Film Unit</a>, focused on the planning and execution of an <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">air raid</a> on Germany, as seen by the crew of Vickers Wellington OJ-F 'F for Freddie'. Wellingtons and their crews from the resident No. 149 Squadron, coded OJ, were used for the filming. The exception to this was <a href="/wiki/Percy_Charles_Pickard" class="mw-redirect" title="Percy Charles Pickard">Percy Pickard</a> who was at that time <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">Squadron Leader</a> with <a href="/wiki/No._311_Squadron_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 311 Squadron RAF">No. 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pickard played the part of Squadron Leader Dickson, the captain of 'F for Freddie'. Pickard would go on to lead daring raids such <a href="/wiki/Operation_Biting" title="Operation Biting">Operation Biting</a> and the later <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jericho" title="Operation Jericho">Operation Jericho</a> on Amiens Prison, in which he was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar_(1945–1950)"><span id="Postwar_.281945.E2.80.931950.29"></span>Postwar (1945–1950)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Postwar (1945–1950)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, aircraft from Mildenhall flew home repatriated <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">prisoners of war</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Exodus_(WWII_operation)" title="Operation Exodus (WWII operation)">Operation Exodus</a>, and participated in <a href="/wiki/Operations_Manna_and_Chowhound" title="Operations Manna and Chowhound">Operation Manna</a>, dropping relief supplies to the Dutch people stranded by the flooding caused by the retreating German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a></i></span>. By the end of 1945, Mildenhall's operational activity experienced a drastic decrease and despite a brief flurry of flying activity in the late 1940s, the RAF reduced the base to 'care and maintenance' status. The only remaining RAF unit of significance was Headquarters <a href="/wiki/No._3_Group_RAF" title="No. 3 Group RAF">No. 3 Group</a>, part of Bomber Command, which remained on station until 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following RAF units operated from Mildenhall:<sup id="cite_ref-ABCT_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCT-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 40em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._3_Blind_Approach_Training_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 3 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF">No. 3 Blind Approach Training Flight RAF</a> (1940) became <a href="/wiki/No._1503_(Beam_Approach_Training)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1503 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF">No. 1503 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._3_Group_Communications_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 3 Group Communications Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 3 Group Communications Flight RAF</a> (1937–41 and 1946–64)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._4_Group_RAF" title="No. 4 Group RAF">No. 4 (Bomber) Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._5_Group_RAF" title="No. 5 Group RAF">No. 5 (Bomber) Group RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._25_Heavy_Glider_Maintenance_Section_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 25 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section RAF (page does not exist)">No. 25 Heavy Glider Maintenance Section RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._32_Base_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 32 Base RAF">No. 32 Base RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._149_Conversion_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 149 Conversion Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 149 Conversion Flight RAF</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=No._401_(Meteorological)_Flight_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF (page does not exist)">No. 401 (Meteorological) Flight RAF</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._1505_(Beam_Approach_Training)_Flight_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1505 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF">No. 1505 (Beam Approach Training) Flight RAF</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Engine_Consumption_Unit_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Engine Consumption Unit RAF (page does not exist)">Engine Consumption Unit RAF</a> (1942) became <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._1_Engine_Consumption_Unit_RAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 1 Engine Consumption Unit RAF (page does not exist)">No. 1 Engine Consumption Unit RAF</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Control_School_RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Control School RAF">Regional Control School RAF</a> (1940)</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cold_War_(1950–1991)"><span id="Cold_War_.281950.E2.80.931991.29"></span>Cold War (1950–1991)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Cold War (1950–1991)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Strategic_Air_Command">Strategic Air Command</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Strategic Air Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg/330px-Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg/440px-Boeing_B-50_USAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="548" /></a><figcaption>Boeing B-50D Superfortress</figcaption></figure> <p>The initial Strategic Air Command unit to use Mildenhall was the 7511th Air Base Group (later redesignated 3910th Air Base Group), being activated on 11 July 1950, to prepare the facility for operational use by SAC aircraft. On 1 May 1951, SAC took control of the station rotated bomb wings in and out of Mildenhall on temporary duty assignments. The first operational strategic unit to use the airfield was the <a href="/wiki/B-50_Superfortress" class="mw-redirect" title="B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50D Superfortress</a> equipped <a href="/wiki/2nd_Bomb_Wing" title="2nd Bomb Wing">2nd Bomb Wing</a>, arriving on Temporary Duty (TDY) from <a href="/wiki/Hunter_Army_Airfield" title="Hunter Army Airfield">Hunter AFB</a> in <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> on 4 May 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other rotational strategic bomb wings at Mildenhall were: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22nd Bombardment Wing">22nd Bombardment Wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (7 September 1951 – 12 December 1951) (B-50D, KB-29P) (TDY from <a href="/wiki/March_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="March AFB">March AFB</a> <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93rd Bombardment Wing">93rd Bombardment Wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (16 December 1951 – 8 March 1952) (B-50D, KB-29P) (TDY from <a href="/wiki/Castle_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle AFB">Castle AFB</a> <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="509th Bombardment Wing">509th Bombardment Wing</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (4 June 1952 – 2 September 1952) (B-50D, KB-29P) (TDY from <a href="/wiki/Walker_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Walker AFB">Walker AFB</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KC97.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KC97.jpg/220px-KC97.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KC97.jpg/330px-KC97.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/KC97.jpg/440px-KC97.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption>Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter, 1951</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1953, Mildenhall's mission was changed from a B-50 bomber airfield to a <a href="/wiki/KC-97_Stratofreighter" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-97 Stratofreighter">KC-97 Stratofreighter</a> aerial tanker dispersal base. The role was to support <a href="/wiki/B-47_Stratojet" class="mw-redirect" title="B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a> aircraft based at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The base became the home for the United Kingdom Passenger Terminal managed by <a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">Military Air Transport Service</a> (MATS) in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="7513th_Tactical_Group">7513th Tactical Group</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 7513th Tactical Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg/220px-Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg/330px-Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg/440px-Wb50-58ws-eielson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="321" /></a><figcaption>WB-50D of the 58th Weather Squadron</figcaption></figure> <p>SAC departed Mildenhall in 1959, as its runway capabilities no longer met the requirements for its newer aircraft. On 17 July 1959, SAC and USAFE reached an agreement facilitating and substantially increasing <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>'s role in making operational decisions regarding the USAF units in the UK. On 1 September, the 7513th Tactical Group took over host unit responsibilities.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 November 1965 Mildenhall welcomed the arrival of the Silk Purse Control Group and the <a href="/wiki/7120th_Airborne_Command_and_Control_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="7120th Airborne Command and Control Squadron">7120th Airborne Command and Control Squadron</a> (7120 ACCS) previously stationed at Chateauroux Air Station, France. Upon its arrival at Mildenhall, the 7120th ACCS converted from the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135</a> which were used as <a href="/wiki/Airborne_Command_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Airborne Command Post">airborne command posts</a> for the Commander, <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">US European Command</a> under the code name <a href="/wiki/Operation_Silk_Purse" title="Operation Silk Purse">Operation Silk Purse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="513th_Tactical_Airlift_Wing">513th Tactical Airlift Wing</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 513th Tactical Airlift Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG/220px-Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG/330px-Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG/440px-Boeing_EC-135H_61-0285_Mildenhall.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2810" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">EC-135H Silk Purse</a> of the 10th Air Control Center Squadron flying over Mildenhall during 1983</figcaption></figure> <p>On 1 July 1966, the 513th Troop Carrier Wing arrived at Mildenhall from <a href="/wiki/Evreux-Fauville_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Evreux-Fauville Air Base">Evreux-Fauville Air Base</a> in France. With its activation on Mildenhall, the 513th TCW assumed operational control of two rotational (7441st, 7742nd) Troop Carrier Squadrons of twenty <a href="/wiki/C-130_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130 Hercules">C-130 Hercules</a> as well as the 7120th ACCS / Silk Purse Control Group and the five <a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135#Silk_Purse" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135H</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the next few years, Mildenhall witnessed little change: however, in June 1972, the base added to the list of its tenants with the arrival of Headquarters <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, which relocated from South Ruislip.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1969, mechanic <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergeant (United States)">Sergeant</a> Paul Meyer, homesick for his wife in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_theft_of_C-130" title="1969 theft of C-130">stole a Hercules C-130E transporter</a> and flew south, eventually ditching in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>. In April 2018 an underwater search for the aircraft, using <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">sonar</a>, was announced by the Deeper Dorset group.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="306th_Strategic_Wing">306th Strategic Wing</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 306th Strategic Wing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird,_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg/220px-Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg/330px-Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg/440px-Lockheed_SR-71A_Blackbird%2C_USA_-_Air_Force_AN1768666.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">SR-71A Blackbird</a> of the <a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing's</a> Detachment 4 seen taking off from Mildenhall in 1985 </figcaption></figure> <p>The next significant event in Mildenhall's history came with the arrival of Detachment 4, <a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing</a> (9th SRW) in 1976, which controlled rotational <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">U-2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">SR-71 Blackbird</a> operations from the base.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From their arrival, until the departure of the last SR-71 on 18 January 1990, the 306th Strategic Wing's SR-71 and U-2 aircraft came to symbolise RAF Mildenhall in the local public's eye.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 July 1978, the <a href="/wiki/306th_Strategic_Wing" title="306th Strategic Wing">306th Strategic Wing</a> of SAC was transferred to Mildenhall from <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a> air refuelling and a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a> reconnaissance mission. The 306th SW also functioned as the focal point for all SAC operations in Europe, and became the host unit at Mildenhall.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_Cold_War_(1990s)"><span id="Post_Cold_War_.281990s.29"></span>Post Cold War (1990s)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Post Cold War (1990s)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Team_Mildenhall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Team_Mildenhall.jpg/100px-Team_Mildenhall.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Team_Mildenhall.jpg/150px-Team_Mildenhall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Team_Mildenhall.jpg/200px-Team_Mildenhall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Team Mildenhall logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The 306th Strategic Wing operated at RAF Mildenhall until 1 February 1992, when the <a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1993, as part of the drawdown of forces in Europe, it was announced that the majority of the USAF-operated base at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a> was to be returned to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">British Ministry of Defence</a>. As a part of this return, the 352nd Special Operations Group and its associated aircraft, the <a href="/wiki/MC-130E" class="mw-redirect" title="MC-130E">MC-130E Combat Talon</a>, <a href="/wiki/HC-130" class="mw-redirect" title="HC-130">HC-130P/N Combat King</a> and <a href="/wiki/MH-53" class="mw-redirect" title="MH-53">MH-53 Pave Low</a>, transferred to RAF Mildenhall in March 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-fact_17-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fact-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–present"><span id="2000.E2.80.93present"></span>2000–present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2000–present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:100arw-tail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/100arw-tail.jpg/220px-100arw-tail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/100arw-tail.jpg/330px-100arw-tail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/100arw-tail.jpg/440px-100arw-tail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Tail of a <a href="/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker" class="mw-redirect" title="KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135R Stratotanker</a> assigned to the <a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refuelling Wing</a>, displaying the <a href="/wiki/Heraldic_badges_of_the_Royal_Air_Force" title="Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force">badge</a> of RAF Mildenhall and the historic 'Square D' badge as used by the unit during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">2003 invasion of Iraq</a>, the 491st Air Expeditionary Group (491st AEG) operated from the base, with the 491st Air Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and the 744th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, flying the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-141_Starlifter" title="Lockheed C-141 Starlifter">Lockheed C-141C Starlifter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also attached to the 491st AEG was the 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Airlift Squadron, now located at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/501st_Combat_Support_Wing" title="501st Combat Support Wing">501st Combat Support Wing</a> was activated at RAF Mildenhall on 21 May 2005. It was a non-flying unit that provides administration and operation of units at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Croughton" title="RAF Croughton">RAF Croughton</a> (422nd Air Base Group), <a href="/wiki/RAF_Alconbury" title="RAF Alconbury">RAF Alconbury</a> (423rd Air Base Group) and <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fairford" title="RAF Fairford">RAF Fairford</a> (420th Air Base Group). The wing moved to RAF Alconbury on 1 May 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2021 <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> and <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady</a> <a href="/wiki/Jill_Biden" title="Jill Biden">Jill Biden</a> flew to RAF Mildenhall on <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_One" title="Air Force One">Air Force One</a> for the <a href="/wiki/47th_G7_summit" title="47th G7 summit">47th G7 summit</a> and their first meeting with <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>. President Biden addressed troops on base shortly after landing.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2023, during <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>'s visit to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">E-4B</a> Nightwatch callsign "GRIM99" was seen flying over Wales and landed at RAF Mildenhall.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, between 20 November and 22 November, small <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Aerial_Systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Unmanned Aerial Systems">unmanned aerial systems</a> (UASs) were spotted in the vicinity of and over RAF Mildenhall, part of wider <a href="/wiki/2024_US_air_base_drone_incursions_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2024 US air base drone incursions in the United Kingdom">drone incursions at US air bases in the United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of UASs fluctuated and they ranged in size and configuration. <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E Strike Eagles</a>, based at Lakenheath, were allegedly scrambled in response to the drones as they impacted local flight operations.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a> personnel were later deployed to the bases with the ORCUS C-UAS system in response to a second sighting of unidentified drones in the night hours of 25 November.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Major_US_Air_Force_units_assigned">Major US Air Force units assigned</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Major US Air Force units assigned"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Major units assigned included:<sup id="cite_ref-mul2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mul2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>7511th Air Base Squadron, 11 July – 26 September 1950</li></ul> <dl><dd>redesignated: 7511th Air Base Group, 26 September 1950 – 1 February 1953</dd> <dd>redesignated: 3910th Air Base Group, 1 February 1953 – 15 April 1955</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Bomb_Wing" title="2nd Bomb Wing">2nd Bombardment Wing</a> (deployed), 4 May – 31 August 1951</li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="22nd Air Refueling Wing">22nd Bombardment Wing</a> (deployed), 7–12 September 1951</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_Air-Ground_Operations_Wing" title="93rd Air-Ground Operations Wing">93rd Bombardment Wing</a> (deployed), 6 December 1951 – 2 March 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th Bombardment Wing</a> (deployed), 1 April – 11 June 1952</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th Bombardment Wing</a> (deployed), 4 June – 2 September 1952</li> <li>3913th Air Base Squadron, 15 April 1955 – 1 January 1959</li></ul> <dl><dd>redesignated: 3913th Combat Support Group, 1 January – 1 September 1959</dd></dl> <ul><li>53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, 10 August 1959 – 18 March 1960</li> <li>1625th Support Squadron (MATS), 1 March 1959 – 8 January 1966</li> <li>7513th Air Base Group, 1 September 1959 – 1 July 1966</li></ul> <dl><dd>redesignated: 7513th Tactical Group</dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/513th_Airborne_Command_and_Control_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="513th Airborne Command and Control Wing">513th Tactical Airlift Wing</a>, 1 July 1966 – 1 February 1992</li> <li>627th Military Airlift Support Squadron, 8 January 1966 – 15 September 1978</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, 15 April 1972 – 1 November 2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/435th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="435th Air Base Wing">435th Tactical Airlift Group</a>, 1 July 1975 – 15 September 1978</li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Flying_Training_Group" title="306th Flying Training Group">306th Strategic Wing</a>, 1 July 1978 – 1 February 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/313th_Tactical_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="313th Tactical Airlift Wing">313th Tactical Airlift Group</a>, 15 September 1978 – 1 February 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a>, 1 February 1992 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="95th Reconnaissance Squadron">95th Reconnaissance Squadron</a>, 1 July 1994 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="352nd Special Operations Group">352nd Special Operations Group</a>, 17 February 1995 – present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/501st_Combat_Support_Wing" title="501st Combat Support Wing">501st Combat Support Wing</a>, 12 May 2005 – 30 April 2007</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Based_units">Based units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Based units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Flying and notable non-flying units based at RAF Mildenhall:<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Mildenhall, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Air_Force">United States Air Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: United States Air Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe_-_Air_Forces_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa">United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa</a> (USAFE-AFAFRICA)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refuelling Wing</a> <ul><li>Headquarters 100th Air Refuelling Wing</li> <li>100th Comptroller Squadron</li> <li>100th Operations Group <ul><li>100th Operations Support Squadron</li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Air_Refueling_Squadron" title="351st Air Refueling Squadron">351st Air Refuelling Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135R Stratotanker</a></li></ul></li> <li>100th Maintenance Group <ul><li>100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron</li> <li>100th Maintenance Squadron</li></ul></li> <li>100th Mission Support Group <ul><li>100th Civil Engineer Squadron</li> <li>100th Communications Squadron</li> <li>100th Force Support Squadron</li> <li>100th Logistics Readiness Squadron</li> <li>100th Security Forces Squadron</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="United States Air Force in the United Kingdom">United States Air Forces in Europe – United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Command" title="Air Mobility Command">Air Mobility Command</a> (AMC)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Air_Force" title="Eighteenth Air Force">Eighteenth Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/521st_Air_Mobility_Operations_Wing" title="521st Air Mobility Operations Wing">521st Air Mobility Operations Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/721st_Air_Mobility_Operations_Group" title="721st Air Mobility Operations Group">721st Air Mobility Operations Group</a> <ul><li>727th Air Mobility Squadron (GSU)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Special_Operations_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Force Special Operations Command"><b>Air Force Special Operations Command</b></a> <b>(AFSOC)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="352nd Special Operations Wing">352nd Special Operations Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/752nd_Special_Operations_Group" title="752nd Special Operations Group">752nd Special Operations Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="7th Special Operations Squadron">7th Special Operations Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/CV-22_Osprey" class="mw-redirect" title="CV-22 Osprey">CV-22 Osprey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_Special_Operations_Squadron" title="67th Special Operations Squadron">67th Special Operations Squadron</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_MC-130" title="Lockheed MC-130">MC-130J Commando II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Special_Tactics_Squadron" title="321st Special Tactics Squadron">321st Special Tactics Squadron</a></li> <li>352nd Special Operations Support Squadron</li></ul></li> <li>352nd Special Operations Maintenance Group <ul><li>752nd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron</li> <li>352nd Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Air_Combat_Command" title="Air Combat Command">Air Combat Command</a></b> <b>(ACC)</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Air_Force" title="Sixteenth Air Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th Operations Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/95th_Reconnaissance_Squadron" title="95th Reconnaissance Squadron">95th Reconnaissance Squadron</a> (GSU) – <a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">RC-135</a></li> <li>488th Intelligence Squadron (GSU)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/363rd_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">363rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/361st_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group">361st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/25th_Intelligence_Squadron" title="25th Intelligence Squadron">25th Intelligence Squadron</a> <ul><li>Detachment 2 (GSU)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Navy">United States Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: United States Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Naval_Forces_Europe-Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa">United States Naval Forces Europe-Africa</a> (CNE-CNA)</b> </p> <ul><li>Fleet Industrial Supply Center Sigonella, Detachment Mildenhall (<a href="/wiki/Naval_Supply_Systems_Command" title="Naval Supply Systems Command">Naval Supply Systems Command</a>)</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_(4384283835).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A KC-135R Stratotanker of the Mildenhall based 100th Air Refueling Wing"><img alt="A KC-135R Stratotanker of the Mildenhall based 100th Air Refueling Wing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284384283835%29.jpg/120px-KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284384283835%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284384283835%29.jpg/180px-KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284384283835%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284384283835%29.jpg/240px-KC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284384283835%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135R Stratotanker</a> of the Mildenhall based <a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th Air Refueling Wing</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_(5598371951).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A CV-22B Osprey of the Mildenhall based 352nd Special Operations Wing"><img alt="A CV-22B Osprey of the Mildenhall based 352nd Special Operations Wing" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%285598371951%29.jpg/120px-Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%285598371951%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%285598371951%29.jpg/180px-Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%285598371951%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%285598371951%29.jpg/240px-Osprey_-_RAF_Mildenhall_%285598371951%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey" title="Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey">CV-22B Osprey</a> of the Mildenhall based <a href="/wiki/352nd_Special_Operations_Wing" title="352nd Special Operations Wing">352nd Special Operations Wing</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_(4366206166).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint of the 55th Wing seen at RAF Mildenhall during 2010"><img alt="A Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint of the 55th Wing seen at RAF Mildenhall during 2010" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284366206166%29.jpg/120px-RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284366206166%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284366206166%29.jpg/180px-RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284366206166%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284366206166%29.jpg/240px-RC-135_-_RAF_Mildenhall_Feb_2010_%284366206166%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint</a> of the <a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Wing</a> seen at RAF Mildenhall during 2010</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Airlines_and_destinations">Airlines and destinations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Airlines and destinations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><tbody><tr><th>Airlines</th><th class="unsortable">Destinations</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Space-A_travel" title="Space-A travel">Space-A</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Air_Force_Base" title="Charleston Air Force Base">Charleston AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dover_Air_Force_Base" title="Dover Air Force Base">Dover AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base" title="Ramstein Air Base">Ramstein Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson AFB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis AFB</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 8 January 2015, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">United States Department of Defense</a> announced that as part of their <a href="/wiki/European_Infrastructure_Consolidation" title="European Infrastructure Consolidation">European Infrastructure Consolidation</a> (EIC) programme, they would be withdrawing from RAF Mildenhall to help save $500 million a year across Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, as a result of the proposed US withdrawal, the UK government announced the site was one of twelve that would be sold as part of their strategy for the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> estate, although no date for the sale was given.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was planned to relocate units based at Mildenhall to <a href="/wiki/Spangdahlem_Air_Base" title="Spangdahlem Air Base">Spangdahlem Air Base</a> in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A change in political administration in the United States, heightened security concerns on the part of the United States, the UK and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> pertaining to Europe and the Middle East, and a variety of other issues prompted a reassessment on Mildenhall's closure. By 2017, the closure process had been put on indefinite hold and in February 2020, it was reported it had been extended to at least 2027.<sup id="cite_ref-East_Anglian_Daily_Times_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-East_Anglian_Daily_Times-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2020, the Department of Defense announced that the US military would in fact be withdrawing from Spangdahlem and that the 100th Air Refueling Wing and 352nd Special Operations Wing would remain at Mildenhall, thereby keeping the base open for the foreseeable future.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protests">Protests</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Protests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RAF_Mildenhall_(44255127260).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/RAF_Mildenhall_%2844255127260%29.jpg/220px-RAF_Mildenhall_%2844255127260%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/RAF_Mildenhall_%2844255127260%29.jpg/330px-RAF_Mildenhall_%2844255127260%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/RAF_Mildenhall_%2844255127260%29.jpg/440px-RAF_Mildenhall_%2844255127260%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5112" data-file-height="3406" /></a><figcaption>Aircraft parked at RAF Mildenhall during 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the beginning of its use by the USAF, Mildenhall has been the site of many anti-war protests by the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Nuclear_Disarmament" title="Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament">Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament</a> and other peace groups. In January 2003, students cut a hole in the perimeter fence and accessed the base.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, in April 2003, protestors with <a href="/wiki/Stop_the_War_Coalition" title="Stop the War Coalition">Stop the War Coalition</a> broke into the base to unfurl a banner with the words: “Stop Killing Each Other”.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Notable protesters include MP and former Labour party leader <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Corbyn" title="Jeremy Corbyn">Jeremy Corbyn</a> and former CND chair <a href="/wiki/Kate_Hudson_(activist)" title="Kate Hudson (activist)">Kate Hudson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAF_Mildenhall&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">List of Royal Air Force stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Thorpe_Abbotts" title="RAF Thorpe Abbotts">RAF Thorpe Abbotts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom">Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Lakenheath" title="RAF Lakenheath">RAF Lakenheath</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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States">CONUS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altus_Air_Force_Base" title="Altus Air Force Base">Altus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andersen_Air_Force_Base" title="Andersen Air Force Base">Andersen</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrews_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrews Field">Andrews</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barksdale_Air_Force_Base" title="Barksdale Air Force Base">Barksdale</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beale_Air_Force_Base" title="Beale Air Force Base">Beale</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolling_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolling Field">Bolling</a> (AFDW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon_Air_Force_Base" title="Cannon Air Force Base">Cannon</a> (AFSOC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Space_Force_Station" title="Cape Cod Space Force Station">Cape Cod</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus_Air_Force_Base" title="Columbus Air Force Base">Columbus</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Monthan_Air_Force_Base" title="Davis–Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyess_Air_Force_Base" title="Dyess Air Force Base">Dyess</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eielson_Air_Force_Base" title="Eielson Air Force Base">Eielson</a> (PACAF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Air_Force_Base" title="Ellsworth Air Force Base">Ellsworth</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eglin_Air_Force_Base" title="Eglin Air Force Base">Eglin</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Warren_Air_Force_Base" title="Francis E. Warren Air Force Base">F. E. Warren</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_Air_Force_Base" title="Fairchild Air Force Base">Fairchild</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Field_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Field Air National Guard Base">Forbes</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Forks_Air_Force_Base" title="Grand Forks Air Force Base">Grand Forks</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grissom_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Grissom Air Reserve Base">Grissom</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homestead_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Homestead Air Reserve Base">Homestead</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Air_National_Guard_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Air National Guard Base">Lincoln</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Rock_Air_Force_Base" title="Little Rock Air Force Base">Little Rock</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malmstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Malmstrom Air Force Base">Malmstrom</a> (AFGSC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McChord_Field" title="McChord Field">McChord</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McConnell_Air_Force_Base" title="McConnell Air Force Base">McConnell</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McGuire_Air_Force_Base" title="McGuire Air Force Base">McGuire</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minot_Air_Force_Base" title="Minot Air Force Base">Minot</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_Home_Air_Force_Base" title="Mountain Home Air Force Base">Mountain Home</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offutt_Air_Force_Base" title="Offutt Air Force Base">Offutt</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Space_Force_Base" title="Patrick Space Force Base">Patrick</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pease_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Pease Air National Guard Base">Pease</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickenbacker_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base">Rickenbacker</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robins_Air_Force_Base" title="Robins Air Force Base">Robins</a> (AFMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seymour_Johnson_Air_Force_Base" title="Seymour Johnson Air Force Base">Seymour Johnson</a> (ACC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheppard_Air_Force_Base" title="Sheppard Air Force Base">Sheppard</a> (AETC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Selfridge Air National Guard Base">Selfridge</a> (ANG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travis_Air_Force_Base" title="Travis Air Force Base">Travis</a> (AMC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base" title="Vandenberg Space Force Base">Vandenberg</a> (USSF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base" title="Westover Air Reserve Base">Westover</a> (AFRC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base" title="Whiteman Air Force Base">Whiteman</a> 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class="mw-redirect" title="Thule Air Base">Thule</a> (USSF)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">former /<br />inactive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States#CONUS_and_OCONUS" title="Contiguous United States">CONUS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amarillo_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Amarillo Air Force Base">Amarillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bergstrom_Air_Force_Base" title="Bergstrom Air Force Base">Bergstrom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biggs_Army_Airfield" title="Biggs Army Airfield">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calumet_Air_Force_Station" title="Calumet Air Force Station">Calumet Air Force Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Joint_Reserve_Base_Fort_Worth" title="Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth">Carswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Air_Force_Base" title="Castle Air Force Base">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chennault_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennault Air Force Base">Chennault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clinton-Sherman_Air_Force_Base" title="Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base">Clinton-Sherman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangor_Air_National_Guard_Base" title="Bangor Air National Guard Base">Dow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaker_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Eaker Air Force Base">Eaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Air_Force_Base" title="Glasgow Air Force Base">Glasgow</a></li> <li><a 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I. Sawyer Air Force Base">K. I. 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Bong Air Force Base">R.I. Bong</a> (unbuilt)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schilling_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Schilling Air Force Base">Schilling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stead_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Stead Air Force Base">Stead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turner_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Turner Air Force Base">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walker_Air_Force_Base" title="Walker Air Force Base">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurtsmith_Air_Force_Base" title="Wurtsmith Air Force Base">Wurtsmith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">overseas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom">Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Bassingbourn" title="RAF Bassingbourn">RAF Bassingbourn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Guerir_Air_Base" title="Ben Guerir Air Base">Ben Guerir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boulhaut_Air_Base&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Boulhaut Air Base (page does not exist)">Boulhaut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton" title="RAF Brize Norton">RAF Brize Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruntingthorpe_Aerodrome" title="Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome">RAF Bruntingthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Burtonwood" title="RAF Burtonwood">RAF Burtonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Chelveston" title="RAF Chelveston">RAF Chelveston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Greenham_Common" title="RAF Greenham Common">RAF Greenham Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFB_Goose_Bay" title="CFB Goose Bay">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Harmon_Air_Force_Base" title="Ernest Harmon Air Force Base">Ernest Harmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_High_Wycombe" title="RAF High Wycombe">RAF High Wycombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Upper_Heyford" title="RAF Upper Heyford">RAF Upper Heyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torrej%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Torrejón Air Base">Torrejón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Manston" title="RAF Manston">RAF Manston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mor%C3%B3n_Air_Base" title="Morón Air Base">Morón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nouasseur_Air_Base" title="Nouasseur Air Base">Nouasseur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabat%E2%80%93Sal%C3%A9_Airport" title="Rabat–Salé Airport">Rabat-Salé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Scampton" title="RAF Scampton">RAF Scampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculthorpe_Training_Area" title="Sculthorpe Training Area">RAF Sculthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Slimane_Air_Base" title="Sidi Slimane Air Base">Sidi Slimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_South_Ruislip" title="RAF South Ruislip">RAF South Ruislip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U-Tapao_Royal_Thai_Navy_Airfield" title="U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield">U-Tapao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Waddington" title="RAF Waddington">RAF Waddington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Woodbridge" title="RAF Woodbridge">RAF Woodbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="RAF Wyton">RAF Wyton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaragoza_Airport" title="Zaragoza Airport">Zaragoza</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of Strategic Air Command"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/100px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/150px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png/200px-Shield_Strategic_Air_Command.png 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">Air Forces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_Expeditionary_Mobility_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Expeditionary_Task_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Air Expeditionary Task Force">Sixteenth Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Air</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="3d Air Division">3d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Division" title="4th Air Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Air_Division" title="5th Air Division">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Division" title="6th Air Division">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Division" title="7th Air Division">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Air_Division" title="12th Air Division">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Division" title="14th Air Division">14th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Air_Division" title="17th Air Division">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_Air_Division" title="21st Air Division">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Air_Division" title="36th Air Division">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Division" title="40th Air Division">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Division">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Air_Division" title="45th Air Division">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_Air_Division" title="47th Air Division">47th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_Air_Division" title="57th Air Division">57th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/311th_Air_Division" title="311th Air Division">311th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/801st_Air_Division" title="801st Air Division">801st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/802d_Air_Division" title="802d Air Division">802d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/806th_Air_Division" title="806th Air Division">806th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/817th_Air_Division" title="817th Air Division">817th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/822d_Air_Division" title="822d Air Division">822d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/823d_Air_Division" title="823d Air Division">823d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4310th_Air_Division" title="4310th Air Division">4310th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic<br />aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="1st Strategic Aerospace Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="18th Strategic Aerospace Division">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Strategic Aerospace Division">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/810th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="810th Strategic Aerospace Division">810th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/813th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="813th Strategic Aerospace Division">813th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/816th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="816th Strategic Aerospace Division">816th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/818th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="818th Strategic Aerospace Division">818th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/819th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="819th Strategic Aerospace Division">819th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/820th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="820th Strategic Aerospace Division">820th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/821st_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="821st Strategic Aerospace Division">821st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/825th_Strategic_Aerospace_Division" title="825th Strategic Aerospace Division">825th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Strategic missile</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Strategic_Missile_Division" title="13th Strategic Missile Division">13th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command_wings" title="Strategic Air Command wings">Wings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Bomb_Wings_and_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of USAF Bomb Wings and Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Bombardment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Bomb_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Bomb Wing">2d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Bomb_Wing" title="5th Bomb Wing">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Bomb_Wing" title="7th Bomb Wing">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="9th Reconnaissance Wing">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Training_Wing" title="17th Training Wing">17th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_Airlift_Wing" title="19th Airlift Wing">19th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="22d Air Refueling Wing">22d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Bomb_Wing" title="28th Bomb Wing">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="39th Bombardment Wing">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="40th Bombardment Wing">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="42d Air Base Wing">42d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">43d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53d_Electronic_Warfare_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Electronic Warfare Group">68th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Wing" title="70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72d_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="72d Air Base Wing">72d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92d_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="92d Air Refueling Wing">92d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Air_Ground_Operations_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Air Ground Operations Wing">93d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Air_Base_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="96th Air Base Wing">96th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="97th Air Mobility Wing">97th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_Air_Base_Wing" title="99th Air Base Wing">99th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/303d_Aeronautical_Systems_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="303d Aeronautical Systems Wing">303d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/319th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="319th Air Refueling Wing">319th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/320th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="320th Air Expeditionary Wing">320th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/340th_Flying_Training_Group" title="340th Flying Training Group">340th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/379th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="379th Air Expeditionary Wing">379th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/380th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="380th Air Expeditionary Wing">380th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/397th_Bombardment_Wing" title="397th Bombardment Wing">397th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/410th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="410th Air Expeditionary Wing">410th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/416th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="416th Bombardment Wing">416th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/450th_Bombardment_Wing" title="450th Bombardment Wing">450th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/454th_Bombardment_Wing" title="454th Bombardment Wing">454th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/456th_Bombardment_Wing" title="456th Bombardment Wing">456th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/461st_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="461st Bombardment Wing">461st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/465th_Bombardment_Wing" title="465th Bombardment Wing">465th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/484th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="484th Air Expeditionary Wing">484th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/494th_Bombardment_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="494th Bombardment Wing">494th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Bomb_Wing" title="509th Bomb Wing">509th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Fighter_Wings_assigned_to_Strategic_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USAF Fighter Wings assigned to Strategic Air Command">Fighter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Fighter_Wing" title="1st Fighter Wing">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Fighter_Wing" title="4th Fighter Wing">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Wing" title="27th Special Operations Wing">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Fighter_Wing" title="31st Fighter Wing">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33d_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="33d Fighter Wing">33d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_Fighter_Wing" title="56th Fighter Wing">56th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Flying_Training_Wing" title="71st Flying Training Wing">71st Strategic Reconnaissance (Fighter)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82d_Training_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Training Wing">82d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/407th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="407th Air Expeditionary Group">407th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/506th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="506th Air Expeditionary Group">506th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/508th_Aerospace_Sustainment_Wing" title="508th Aerospace Sustainment Wing">508th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_missile_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of missile wings of the United States Air Force">Missile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/44th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Strategic Missile Wing">44th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Missile_Wing" title="90th Missile Wing">90th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_Missile_Wing" title="91st Missile Wing">91st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/308th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="308th Strategic Missile Wing">308th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/321st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="321st Strategic Missile Wing">321st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/341st_Missile_Wing" title="341st Missile Wing">341st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/351st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="351st Strategic Missile Wing">351st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/381st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="381st Strategic Missile Wing">381st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/389th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="389th Strategic Missile Wing">389th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/390th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="390th Strategic Missile Wing">390th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/392d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="392d Strategic Missile Wing">392d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/451st_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="451st Strategic Missile Wing">451st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/455th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="455th Air Expeditionary Wing">455th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/702d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="702d Strategic Missile Wing">702d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/703d_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="703d Strategic Missile Wing">703d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/404th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="404th Air Expeditionary Group">704th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/705th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" title="705th Strategic Missile Wing">705th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/706th_Strategic_Missile_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="706th Strategic Missile Wing">706th</a></li> <li>4320th Strategic Wing (Missile)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Air Mobility Wing">6th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing">26th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Wing" title="55th Wing">55th Strategic Reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/544th_Intelligence,_Surveillance_and_Reconnaissance_Group" title="544th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group">544th Aerospace Reconnaissance Technical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_air_refueling_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Air Force air refueling wings">Refueling</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/11th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Air Refueling Wing">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">100th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="301st Air Refueling Wing">301st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/305th_Air_Mobility_Wing" title="305th Air Mobility Wing">305th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/384th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="384th Air Refueling Wing">384th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/452d_Air_Mobility_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="452d Air Mobility Wing">452d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/497th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="497th Air Refueling Wing">497th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/499th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="499th Air Refueling Wing">499th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/500th_Air_Refueling_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="500th Air Refueling Wing">500th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_USAF_Strategic_Wings_assigned_to_the_Strategic_Air_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="List of USAF Strategic Wings assigned to the Strategic Air Command">Strategic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Aerospace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/310th_Space_Wing" title="310th Space Wing">310th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/385th_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="385th Strategic Aerospace Wing">385th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/462d_Strategic_Aerospace_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="462d Strategic Aerospace Wing">462d</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">AFCON</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/95th_Air_Base_Wing" title="95th Air Base Wing">95th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Range_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="98th Range Wing">98th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/306th_Strategic_Wing" title="306th Strategic Wing">306th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Strategic Wing">307th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="376th Air Expeditionary Wing">376th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_MAJCOM_wings_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="List of MAJCOM wings of the United States Air Force">MAJCOM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3918th_Strategic_Wing" title="3918th Strategic Wing">3918th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3920th_Strategic_Wing" title="3920th Strategic Wing">3920th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43d_Airlift_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="43d Airlift Wing">3960th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3970th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="3970th Strategic Wing">3970th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3973d_Strategic_Wing" title="3973d Strategic Wing">3973d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4026th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4026th Strategic Wing">4026th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4038th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4038th Strategic Wing">4038th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4039th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4039th Strategic Wing">4039th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4042d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4042d Strategic Wing">4042d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4043d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4043d Strategic Wing">4043d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4047th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4047th Strategic Wing">4047th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_Air_Refueling_Wing" title="100th Air Refueling Wing">4080th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4081st_Strategic_Wing" title="4081st Strategic Wing">4081st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4082d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4082d Strategic Wing">4082d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4083d_Strategic_Wing" title="4083d Strategic Wing">4083d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4123d_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4123d Strategic Wing">4123d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4126th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4126th Strategic Wing">4126th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4128th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4130th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4130th Strategic Wing">4130th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4133rd_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4133rd Strategic Wing">4133d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4134th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4134th Strategic Wing">4134th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4135th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4135th Strategic Wing">4135th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4136th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4136th Strategic Wing">4136th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4137th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4137th Strategic Wing">4137th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4138th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4138th Strategic Wing">4138th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4141st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4141st Strategic Wing">4141st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4157th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4157th Strategic Wing">4157th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4158th_Strategic_Wing" title="4158th Strategic Wing">4158th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4170th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4170th Strategic Wing">4170th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4228th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4228th Strategic Wing">4228th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4238th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4238th Strategic Wing">4238th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4239th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4239th Strategic Wing">4239th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4241st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4241st Strategic Wing">4241st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4245th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4245th Strategic Wing">4245th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/376th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="376th Strategic Wing">4252nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4258th_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4258th Strategic Wing">4258th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4321st_Strategic_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="4321st Strategic Wing">4321st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">USAAF<br />Groups<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><big>*</big>= initial assigned<br />unit upon SAC's<br />activation</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Bombardment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="2d Operations Group">2d</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Operations_Group" title="7th Operations Group">7th</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Operations_Group" title="28th Operations Group">28th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="40th Air Expeditionary Wing">40th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="43rd Operations Group">43rd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Operations Group">44th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_Operations_Group" title="92nd Operations Group">92nd</a> (10/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/93d_Operations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="93d Operations Group">93d</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_Operations_Group" title="97th Operations Group">97th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_Operations_Group" title="98th Operations Group">98th</a> (7/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/301st_Operations_Group" title="301st Operations Group">301st</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/307th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="307th Bombardment Group">307th</a> (8/46)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/444th_Bombardment_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="444th Bombardment Group">444th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/448th_Fighter-Bomber_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="448th Fighter-Bomber Group">448th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/449th_Air_Expeditionary_Group" title="449th Air Expeditionary Group">449th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/467th_Bombardment_Group" title="467th Bombardment Group">467th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/485th_Air_Expeditionary_Wing" title="485th Air Expeditionary Wing">485th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/498th_Tactical_Missile_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="498th Tactical Missile Group">498th</a> (3/46*)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/509th_Composite_Group" title="509th Composite Group">509th Composite</a> (3/46*)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/27th_Special_Operations_Group" title="27th Special Operations Group">27th</a> (6/47)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_Operations_Group" title="55th Operations Group">55th</a> (2/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Reconnaissance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/91st_Operations_Group" title="91st Operations Group">91st Strategic Reconnaissance</a> (1/47)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Equipment_of_Strategic_Air_Command" title="Equipment of Strategic Air Command">Major<br />weapon<br />systems</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bomber_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Bomber aircraft">Bombers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">Rockwell B-1 Lancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-2_Spirit" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit">Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing B-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker" title="Convair B-36 Peacemaker">Convair B-36 Peacemaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-45_Tornado" title="North American B-45 Tornado">North American B-45 Tornado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-47_Stratojet" title="Boeing B-47 Stratojet">Boeing B-47 Stratojet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing B-50 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">Boeing B-52 Stratofortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_B-58_Hustler" title="Convair B-58 Hustler">Convair B-58 Hustler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Command_and_control" title="Command and control">Command<br />& Control</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_DC-130" title="Lockheed DC-130">Lockheed DC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-4" title="Boeing E-4">Boeing E-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EC-135" title="Boeing EC-135">Boeing EC-135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_RC-135" title="Boeing RC-135">Boeing RC-135</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">North American F-2 Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">North American F-82 Twin Mustang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">North American F-86 Sabre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">Convair F-102 Delta Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center">Missiles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-28_Hound_Dog" title="AGM-28 Hound Dog">AGM-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-69_SRAM" title="AGM-69 SRAM">AGM-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-86_ALCM" title="AGM-86 ALCM">AGM-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-129_ACM" title="AGM-129 ACM">AGM-129</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-65_Atlas" title="SM-65 Atlas">HGM-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30A/B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-30_Minuteman" title="LGM-30 Minuteman">LGM-30G</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGM-118_Peacekeeper" title="LGM-118 Peacekeeper">LGM-118A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SM-62_Snark" title="SM-62 Snark">SM-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-17_Thor" title="PGM-17 Thor">PGM-17A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-19_Jupiter" title="PGM-19 Jupiter">PGM-19A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2#U-2R/S_details" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed TR-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" title="Lockheed U-2">Lockheed U-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_RB-57D_Canberra" title="Martin RB-57D Canberra">Martin RB-57D Canberra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress" title="Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress">Boeing RB-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">Boeing RB-29</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KB-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing KB-29 Superfortress">Boeing KB-29 Superfortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-50_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-50 Superfortress">Boeing KB-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_HC-130" title="Lockheed HC-130">Lockheed HC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_KC-130" title="Lockheed Martin KC-130">Lockheed Martin KC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18" title="Beechcraft Model 18">Beechcraft C-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54 Skymaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-82_Packet" title="Fairchild C-82 Packet">Fairchild C-82 Packet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter" title="Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter">Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas C-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar" title="Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar">Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-124_Globemaster_II" title="Douglas C-124 Globemaster II">Douglas C-124 Globemaster II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_C-131_Samaritan" title="Convair C-131 Samaritan">Convair C-131 Samaritan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-135_Stratolifter" title="Boeing C-135 Stratolifter">Boeing C-135 Stratolifter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center; background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commanders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Kenney" title="George Kenney">George Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_LeMay" title="Curtis LeMay">Curtis LeMay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Power" title="Thomas S. Power">Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dale_Ryan" title="John Dale Ryan">Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_J._Nazzaro" title="Joseph J. Nazzaro">Joseph J. Nazzaro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_K._Holloway" title="Bruce K. Holloway">Bruce K. Holloway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Meyer" title="John C. Meyer">John C. Meyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_E._Dougherty" title="Russell E. Dougherty">Russell E. Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_H._Ellis" title="Richard H. Ellis">Richard H. Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bennie_L._Davis" title="Bennie L. Davis">Bennie L. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_D._Welch" title="Larry D. Welch">Larry D. Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_T._Chain,_Jr,&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John T. Chain, Jr, (page does not exist)">John T. 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