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Mildenhall is a small market town and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is part of the non-metropolitan district of Forest Heath and has a population of 9,906 people. The town is near the A11 and is located north-west of county town, Ipswich.〔Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 226 - Ely & Newmarket''. ISBN 0-319-21857-0.〕 The large Royal Air Force base, RAF Mildenhall as well as RAF Lakenheath, are located north of the town. The former is used by the United States Air Force, as the headquarters of its 100th Air Refueling Wing and 352nd Special Operations Group. ==The town== Mildenhall centres on a market place with a 16th-century hexagonal market cross and town pump. The town's market is held here on every Friday and originated as a weekly chartered market in, it is believed, the 15th century. In 1934, Mildenhall was the start point of the MacRobertson Air Race to Melbourne, in Australia. Mildenhall currently (2011) has its own radio station, ZACK FM (Forest Heath Public Radio), broadcasting on 105.3 FM; the transmitter is located at the top of St Mary's Church and radiates 100 W. The station format is Classic Hits and broadcasts 24 hours a day with a mix of music, news and information Mildenhall is mentioned in passing in the Pink Floyd song 'Let There Be More Light' on the 1968 album ''A Saucerful of Secrets'' as a speculated location for first contact between humanity and extraterrestrial life: :''Then at last, the mighty ship :''Descending on a point of flame :''Made contact with the human race at Mildenhall'' Due to the airbase, Mildenhall currently has the highest concentration of American residents in the country, as 18% of residents were born in the US. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mildenhall, Suffolk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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