In order to meet a perceived "continental threat," the British military developed the idea to site an RAF 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 October 16, 1934, as one of the RAF's largest bomber stations.
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