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 ...

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.