RAF Lyneham
Encyclopedia : R : RA : RAF : 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.
47 Air Despatch Sqn, which operates here is an Army Squadron.
No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) was formed at Lyneham on 1st 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
External links
- BBC News: [Lyneham to close]
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.