RAF Lyneham

RAF Lyneham is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It is the home of all the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The station is also home to No.38 Expeditionary Air Wing

Lyneham is scheduled for closure by 2012 with functions and aircraft relocating to RAF Brize Norton. The base will remain open until the last of the C-130K fleet is retired. At this point the 25 new generation C-130Js will move to Brize Norton where they will join the A400M, the C-17 Globemaster and the aerial refueling fleet.

There are four Royal Air Force Squadrons there. They are:
*24 Sqn and 30 Sqn which operate Lockheed C-130Js.
*47 Sqn and 70 Sqn operate the aging, but very adaptable Lockheed C-130Ks.

The United Kingdom Mobile Air Movements Sqn operates here.

47 Air Despatch Sqn, which operates here is an Army Squadron.

No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) was formed at Lyneham on 1 April 2006 encompassing all of the flying units at the station. The station commander is dual-hatted as the commander of the wing.

See also

*List of RAF stations

External links

*The Official RAF Lyneham Website
*BBC News: Lyneham to close
*One of the Lyneham Village community Websites (No connection with the Official RAF Site)
*Another of the Lyneham Village community Websites (No connection with the Official RAF Site)