RAF Mildenhall

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Royal Air Force station

RAF Mildenhall is a major Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as a long-standing hub for United States Air Force operations in the UK.

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Label	Occurrences
RAF Mildenhall canonical	11
RAF Mildenhall airbase	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2801811 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: RAF Mildenhall
Context triple: [Suffolk, England, hasAirbase, RAF Mildenhall]

A. RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath is a major United States Air Force-operated airbase in eastern England that serves as a key hub for American air power in Europe.
B. RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
C. RAF Marham
RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
D. RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth is a major Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland, serving as a key base for fast-jet operations and maritime patrol aircraft.
E. Lakenheath
Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, England, known for its rural setting and proximity to RAF Lakenheath, a major United States Air Force base.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: RAF Mildenhall
Target entity description: RAF Mildenhall is a major Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as a long-standing hub for United States Air Force operations in the UK.

A. RAF Lakenheath
RAF Lakenheath is a major United States Air Force-operated airbase in eastern England that serves as a key hub for American air power in Europe.
B. RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
C. RAF Marham
RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
D. RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth is a major Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland, serving as a key base for fast-jet operations and maritime patrol aircraft.
E. Lakenheath
Lakenheath is a village in Suffolk, England, known for its rural setting and proximity to RAF Lakenheath, a major United States Air Force base.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station ⓘ
builtFor	Royal Air Force ⓘ
controlledBy	United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
elevation	108 feet ⓘ 33 metres ⓘ
garrison	100th Air Refueling Wing ⓘ 352d Special Operations Wing ⓘ surface form: 352nd Special Operations Wing 488th Intelligence Squadron ⓘ 727th Air Mobility Squadron ⓘ 95th Reconnaissance Squadron ⓘ Detachment 4, 7th Weather Squadron ⓘ
hasPerimeter	approximately 1250 acres ⓘ
hasStationCode	QD (USAFE base code) ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.mildenhall.af.mil/ ⓘ
hosts	CV-22 Osprey ⓘ surface form: CV-22B Osprey aircraft Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker ⓘ surface form: KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint ⓘ surface form: RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft
IATAcode	MHZ ⓘ
ICAOcode	EGUN ⓘ
locatedIn	East Anglia ⓘ England ⓘ Suffolk ⓘ
locatedNear	Lakenheath ⓘ Mildenhall ⓘ surface form: Mildenhall, Suffolk
nearbyRAFStation	RAF Lakenheath ⓘ
notableFor	long-standing hub for United States Air Force operations in the UK ⓘ
opened	1934 ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	USAFE airbase network in the United Kingdom ⓘ
primaryRole	air refueling ⓘ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ⓘ special operations ⓘ
runway	Runway 11/29 ⓘ
runwayLength	2812 metres ⓘ 9226 feet ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
timezone	GMT ⓘ
timezoneDST	BST ⓘ
usedBy	100th Air Refueling Wing ⓘ 352d Special Operations Wing ⓘ surface form: 352nd Special Operations Wing 48th Fighter Wing ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ United States Air Forces in Europe ⓘ surface form: United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Suffolk, England → hasAirbase → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

Brandon → hasNearbyMilitarySite → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

West Suffolk → contains → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

Mildenhall → near → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

Mildenhall → hasNearbyMilitaryBase → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

Beck Row → near → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

Beck Row → hasNearbyFacility → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Mildenhall airbase

RAF Lakenheath → nearbyInstallation → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

No. 15 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

Third Air Force → garrisonLocation → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

100th Air Refueling Wing → garrison → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

100th Air Refueling Wing → hostWingAt → RAF Mildenhall ⓘ

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