The RAF base at Lyneham in Wiltshire is to close by 2012 as part of a strategic review of military airbases which will cost a total of more than 2,000 jobs, the Ministry of Defence confirmed today.

The men, nine from the RAF and one soldier, were flown in from Basra on a C17 plane to RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire for a repatriation ceremony attended by their families and dignitaries including The ...

She went on to captain Lockheed Hercules aircraft, based at RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire, and was tasked with transporting personnel and equipment all over the world. The RAF have described her as a ...

The land for the proposed development, between Chippenham and Swindon, was previously underdeveloped because it had provided the flight path and associated landing lights for an RAF Lyneham runway ...

As of this month RAF Lyneham's Hercules fleet has a new base at RAF Brize Norton which is becoming critically important as an RAF logistics support hub including the air bridge with the Falkland ...

Major infrastructure redevelopment began in 2010 following the closure of RAF Lyneham in 2012 which made Brize Norton the sole air point of embarkation for British troops.

Andy Muniandy: The Hercules air-to-air refuelling. Andy Muniandy: The Hercules air-to-air refuelling. Available for over a year RAF Lyneham pioneered a new technique which had never been attempted ...

Saint Mawgan, with 750 RAF and 240 civilians, has one of the longest runways in Europe, which has been associated with Nimrod anti-submarine aircraft and air-sea rescue services. Lyneham ...