RAF Lyneham
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airport, Second World War 1939-1945, military, RAF - Royal Air Force
RAF Lyneham (IATA: LYE, ICAO: EGDL) is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England.
512ft AMSL (Above mean sea level)
Runway 07/25
Dimensions: 2386 x 46m
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: 1826 x 46m
There are four Royal Air Force Squadrons at Lyneham. They are:
24 Sqn and 30 Sqn which operate Lockheed C-130C4 (C-130J-30) & C-130C5 (C-130J).
47 Sqn and 70 Sqn which operate Lockheed C-130K.
RAF Lyneham is scheduled for closure by 2012 and all aircraft will move to RAF Brize Norton.
Royal Air Force Lyneham is the repatriation Base for British Service men that have Fallen in WARS.
Britains HEROE'S
512ft AMSL (Above mean sea level)
Runway 07/25
Dimensions: 2386 x 46m
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: 1826 x 46m
There are four Royal Air Force Squadrons at Lyneham. They are:
24 Sqn and 30 Sqn which operate Lockheed C-130C4 (C-130J-30) & C-130C5 (C-130J).
47 Sqn and 70 Sqn which operate Lockheed C-130K.
RAF Lyneham is scheduled for closure by 2012 and all aircraft will move to RAF Brize Norton.
Royal Air Force Lyneham is the repatriation Base for British Service men that have Fallen in WARS.
Britains HEROE'S
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lyneham
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°30'16"N 1°59'31"W
- Former RAF Wroughton 12 km
- Buckley Barracks 12 km
- The Salisbury Plain Training Area 26 km
- Airfield Camp, Netheravon 32 km
- Military Terrain 35 km
- Bulford Camp 38 km
- MoD Boscombe Down 40 km
- AAC Middle Wallop 48 km
- Blandford Camp 70 km
- Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton 72 km
- Catcomb Wood 0.8 km
- Bradenstoke Solar Field 0.9 km
- Melsome Wood 1.8 km
- Calne Quarry 7.4 km
- Derry Woods 8.9 km
- Bowood Estate Golf Course 9 km
- Bowood Park Estate 9 km
- Great Wood 10 km
- North Wilts Golf Club 12 km
- Spye Park Estate 12 km
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