Gp Capt A W Ringer**, 23 Mar 1973Gp Capt R G Churcher, 6 Dec 1974Gp Capt A G L Hutchison**, 21 Jul 1977Gp Capt R J Hutchings**, xx xxx 1979 Gp Capt A R D MacDonell, 1 Feb 1960 RAF Lyneham | Military Wiki | Fandom Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, and the Duke of York accompanied the king during the dedication. Wg Cdr R S Sorley, 21 Sep 1939 Show all. The RAF took back control of the Station on 1 April 1965. Below are just some of our members who have served at RAF Lyneham. From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Wg Cdr R P P Pope, 4 Oct 1940 Wg Cdr E J Little (Temp), 13 Oct 1942 [3] LXX Sqn stood-down on 8 September 2010,[4] but reformed in 2014, at Brize Norton, as the first Airbus A400M Atlas squadron, to be followed by 47 Sqn. Sqn Ldr P Halfter, xx xxx 1986 Rissington | Little Staughton | 511 Sqn was re-formed again at Lyneham on 15 December 1959, as the second squadron to operate the Britannia on long-range trooping flights. [15], A planning application for the redevelopment of MOD Lyneham was submitted by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation to Wiltshire Council in May 2013 Planning permission was granted in October 2013 for the re-development of the station including the demolition of several existing structures and the construction of new and refurbished buildings to accommodate single living accommodation, dining, mess and welfare facilities, workshops, teaching accommodation and classrooms, offices, stores, medical and dental centre, church, museum, physical and recreational training centre, the creation of outdoor training areas including ground works and ground level alterations, the erection of masts, towers and radars, a forward operating base training facility, obstacle course, assault course, firing range, sports pitches, new roads, footpaths, parking, hard and soft landscaping, lighting, balancing ponds, and access alterations including a new roundabout and ancillary works.[15]. Gp Capt W H Croydon, 7 Nov 1980 raf lyneham station commanders - trenzy.ae [17] Babcock's Defence and Security Division were awarded a contract in August 2014 to supply and support REME training at Lyneham, with a full operating capability programmed for February 2016. Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when No. Gp Capt G V Lane*, 17 Dec 1945 Lyneham's position as the primary tactical transport base for the RAF was emphasised in February 1971 when No. 24 Jul 1945 Wg Cdr J B Lewis, xx xxx 1966 Hampstead Norris (Satellite of RAF Harwell - 15 OTU), xx xxx xxxx Wg Cdr R Cook, Amalgamated with Brampton and Wyton to form Brampton Wyton Henlow, xx xxx xxxx At first the Liberators and Yorks were operated as separate flights, but the Liberator flight became No. Sqn Ldr/Wg Cdr E B C Betts (OC, No 101 Wg Cdr G H Bowman, 14 Oct 1940 xx Oct 1942 Gp Capt N Brewerton, 23 Feb 2001 Gp Capt R A Gill, xx xxx 1987 Wg Cdr A Shaw*, 7 Mar 1945 [17][18] A ceremony, attended by Prime Minister David Cameron, was held at Brize Norton on 31 August 2011 to mark the formal transfer of repatriations from Lyneham. The Blairs visited the base in Wiltshire to speak to families of troops currently serving in the Gulf. Gp Capt S J L Lilley, 11 Dec 2001 RAF Lyneham - Wikipedia 511 Squadron RAF (511 Sqn) was formed from No. Gp Capt E B Rice, xx May 1941 Wg Cdr H G F Larsen, xx xxx 1956 ZU VERKAUFEN! Gp Capt F J Vincent*, 16 Dec 1940 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 airfield in the RAF with the arrival from Cyprus of Hercules-equipped No.