Unit Commander:

Wing Commander L J Powell RAF

Statements:

Review our Mission Directive

From March 1943, RAF Lyneham was the home of the United Kingdom’s military air transport operations and from 1967 until 2011, the home of the Hercules tactical transport aircraft. As part of the rationalisation of the Defence Estate and in advance of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), the decision to close RAF Lyneham was announced in July 2003, with its final closure as an RAF Unit originally scheduled for 31 December 2012.

In July 2011, after the Ministry of Defence reviewed its basing and estate requirements, and in informed by the findings of the SDSR, the Secretary of State announced that the Defence Technical Training Change Programme (DTTCP) will make further use of RAF Lyneham.