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.
Originally constructed in 1939, RAF 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 at Lyneham. 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.
Home to No1 Air Movements Wing, formerly known as the United Kingdom Mobilie Air Movements Squadron. They operate as the tactical air movements specialists, providing world wide movements teams to handle the RAF Transport Fleet aircraft whenever or where ever required.[1].
47 Air Despatch Sqn[2], which operates here is an Army Squadron.
No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) was formed at Lyneham on 1 April 2006 encompassing most of the non-formed unit personnel on station. The EAW does not include the flying units at the station or the other formed units ie TMW. The station commander is dual-hatted as the commander of the wing.
Lyneham is home to an Air Training Corps squadron & is often used for ATC annual camps.

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Clubs and Associations

See also

★ List of RAF stations
No 1 Air Mobility Wing (formerly the United Kingdom Mobile Air Movements Squadron (UKMAMS) operates here

External links

★ The Official RAF Lyneham Website

★ BBC News: Lyneham to close

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Clubs and Associations

★ RAF Lyneham Theatre Club