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Lyneham, in Number 46 Group, was its main base in the south, and as well as sending its own aircraft overseas, acted as the clearance airfield for planning, diplomatic clearance, customs and briefing purposes for transport aeroplanes from other stations flying abroad.
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Lyneham and Group
Group Captain John Gladstone, Station Commander of RAF Lyneham, flew the lead Hercules, which carried the standards of the Hercules squadrons.
Lyneham and was
Although born in Wales, Lovelock was from a family of Wiltshire origin that is known to family historians as the Lyneham Line.
RAF Lyneham was the Royal Air Force's principal Transport hub, operating the modern C-130J Hercules, and the aging, but very adaptable, C-130K Hercules.
RAF Lyneham became renowned for being the " gateway " between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan ; the base was also where repatriation of British personnel killed in Afghanistan took place.
The airfield was built in 1939, necessitating the demolition of Lyneham Court manor house, the buildings of Cranley Farm and the village's tennis courts.
On 14 October 1942, 511 squadron was formed from No. 1425 Flight at RAF Lyneham.
511 Squadron was formed again at RAF Lyneham on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the Bristol Britannia on long-range trooping flights.
The decision to close RAF Lyneham was made in 2002, and it was scheduled for closure by 2012 with all functions and aircraft relocated to RAF Brize Norton.
No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing was formed at Lyneham on 1 April 2006 encompassing most of the non-formed unit personnel on station.
A ceremony, attended by the Prime Minister David Cameron, was held at RAF Brize Norton on 31 August 2011 to mark the formal transfer the role of repatriations from RAF Lyneham.
It was announced in July 2011 by the then-Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox, that Lyneham would become the new site of the Defence Technical Training Change Programme centre.
Rotary Hydraulic Arrestor Gear ( RHAG ) was also installed to allow Brize Norton to become the Military Emergency Diversion Airfield ( MEDA ) for the southern UK, as part of the plans to close the current one at RAF Lyneham.
With the closure of RAF Lyneham taking place in late 2011, the repatriation of British personnel was relocated to Brize Norton on 8 September 2011.
In 2011, with the closure of RAF Lyneham and the transfer of the RAF's Hercules force to Brize Norton, it was announced that No. 10 Squadron would be reformed in 2012 as the first operator of the new Airbus Voyager due to enter service in late 2011.
The Vulcan left Bruntingthorpe at the beginning of the 2008 flying display season, was temporarily based at RAF Brize Norton as a flying base, and RAF Lyneham as its winter maintenance base.
The original task was to operate the Lockheed Hercules on air-to-air refueling missions, but these were later replaced by VC10s ( borrowed from 101 Squadron ) and Hercules C. 1s from the Lyneham Wing.
The squadron was re-formed at RAF Fairford on 25 February 1968 to operate the Lockheed Hercules, moving to Lyneham in September 1971.
He was born in Sydney and went to school in the ACT at Lyneham High School then turned professional in 1988.
In the 2006 Census, the population of Lyneham was 4, 318, including 33 ( 0. 8 %) Indigenous persons and 2, 834 ( 65. 6 %) Australian-born persons.
The part of Lyneham north of Ginninderra Drive was a relatively recent addition to the suburb of Lyneham, being built in the mid to late 1980s, while the rest of Lyneham dates back to the 1960s.
After Brize Norton was repaired, the RAF continued to use Lyneham because the " people of Wootton Bassett had done such a lot to lend their support, it was felt it would be insensitive to transfer the process back to Brize.
Lyneham and its
Lyneham is favoured by students and young adults with 15. 6 % of its population in the 15-24 year old age group ( compared to the Australian average of 13. 6 %).
Being one of the older suburbs in Canberra, Lyneham residents enjoy its leafy streets and established gardens.
The town also has a significant Royal Air Force population due to its proximity to RAF Lyneham.
Interestingly, the 39 and the 36 run from Watson via Dickson into Civic and beyond, while the 33 meanders through North Lyneham, Lyneham, O ' Connor, Turner and Civic on its way to the defence complexes in Campbell, via the Australian War Memorial, Canberra's most popular tourist destination.
Lyneham and main
However, the end of flying from RAF Lyneham in September 2011 will signal Brize Norton becoming the sole " Air Point of Embarkation ", the main operating base for RAF air transport and in-air refuelling aircraft, and home to 15 % of RAF uniformed manpower.
The housing around the airbase continued to be used after the main base had shut by RAF staff working at RAF Lyneham and other westcountry RAF bases, and in the 1980s the housing was used for American service personnel stationed at US airbases such as RAF Fairford and RAF Greenham Common.
Lyneham and base
A dispersal area and hutted camp were built so that four Avro Vulcan or Handley Page Victor aircraft could operate from a self-contained base within Lyneham.
It moved out of RAF Lyneham for RAF Brize Norton in June 1970, as Lyneham became the base for the new Lockheed Hercules.
This gave a total of five tactical Hercules squadrons at Lyneham, as well as the VIP transport Comet squadron, and in 1976, the station became the largest operational base in the RAF with the arrival from Cyprus of Hercules-equipped No. LXX Squadron, bringing to seven the station's total of resident aircraft squadrons.
The town is close to RAF Lyneham, with the base situated 4 miles ( 7 km ) to the south.
Lyneham and south
It runs about 70 kilometres south west to Canberra, the national capital of Australia, where it ends at the intersection of Northbourne Avenue and Barton Highway Lyneham.
looking to the south west over Lyneham shows the EPIC
Lyneham and well
Lyneham has many attractions including nature parks and bushland, proximity to the centre of Canberra, popular cafes including the famous Tilley's Devine Cafe and Gallery as well as the Front Cafe and Gallery, and a number of sporting facilities including the National Hockey Centre, Canberra Racecourse and the ACT Netball Centre.
Lyneham and aircraft
There are no RAF flying squadrons remaining at RAF Lyneham since the final aircraft transferred to RAF Brize Norton on 30 June 2011.
In 1949 the Dakotas were replaced by Vickers Valletas and Handley Page Hastings transport aircraft ; in 1955 the squadron moved to RAF Lyneham from RAF Fayid in Egypt to operate the DH Comet until 1975.
1310 Flight was re-formed at RAF Lyneham with Avro York transport aircraft to provide transport services for the early nuclear weapon tests in Western Australia, disbanding at Mellala on 7 December 1953.
Lyneham and for
From 1958 Lyneham became one of the 18 Stations designated as dispersal airfields for the RAF's nuclear deterrent V bomber Force.
Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010 ahead of the forthcoming closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012, at which point Brize Norton will become the sole air point of embarkation for British troops.
These included Benson, Odiham, Aldergrove, Yeovilton, Middle Wallop, Wattisham and Dishforth ; with the Support Helicopters based at RAF Benson being considered for a move to RAF Lyneham.
Paul Lyneham also hosed the 7. 30 report for several years.
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