Raf Lyneham stories:
Town marking 100th repatriation
Nov 20th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Cpl Loren Marlton-Thomas was praised for his courage
The bodies of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan have passed through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett marking the 100th repatriation.Wootton Bassett prepares for 100th repatriation of British soldiers
Nov 20th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
The scene has become all too familiar but no less emotional. Just before 11am today a C17 Globemaster will fly low over the town of Wootton Bassett. It will touch down...TEARS FOR 2 HEROES
Nov 17th, 2009 - Mirror.co.uk
A friend of soldier Philip Allen breaks down as his coffin passes by on the road now known as the Highway for Heroes. Hundreds turned out to honour Philip, 20, and Sam Bassett...
Bodies of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan brought home
Jul 28th, 2009 - Telegraph
Rifleman Aminiasi Toge, 26, Corporal Joseph Etchells, 22, Captain Daniel Shepherd, 28, and Guardsman Christopher King, 20, were all killed in separate incidents in Helmand Province earlier this month.
Killed soldiers being repatriated
Jul 3rd, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Tributes have been paid to Lt Col Thorneloe and Trooper Hammond Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan, including the most senior Army officer to die in action since the Falklands War in 1982...
Raf Lyneham videos from YouTube:
2:01Vulcan at RAF Lyneham 17.6.09
Filmed using a Nokia 82 mobile,just happened to be taking off the day I visited.Awesome beast!
2:52Repatriation ceremony of five soldiers killed in Afghanistan
The repatriation ceremony held at RAF Lyneham on 16 June 2008 for Private Nathan Cuthbertson, Private Daniel Gamble, Private Charles Murray, Lance Corporal James Bateman and Private Jeff Doherty ...
0:38high level drop RAF Lyneham
personel drops
0:57DC8 departing RAF Lyneham and using most of the runway.
To iraq DC8 ( not DC9 as I previously stated) air charter express daily turnaround to the sunny middle east. nearly an out of runway Crap footage, crap camera, bu tbetter than nothing.
Raf Lyneham from WikiPedia:
RAF Hercules in flight
RAF Lyneham (IATA: LYE, ICAO: EGDL) is a Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire, England. It is the home of all the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force. The station is also home to No. 38 Expeditionary Air Wing.
Originally constructed in 1939, RAF Lyneham is scheduled for closure by 2012 with functions and aircraft relocating to RAF Brize Norton. The base will remain open until the last of the C-130K fleet is retired. At this point the 24 new generation C-130Js will move to Brize Norton where they will join the A400M, the C-17 Globemaster and the aerial refueling fleet.
There are four Royal Air Force Squadrons at Lyneham. They are:
- 24 Sqn and 30 Sqn which operate Lockheed C-130Js.
- 47 Sqn and 70 Sqn operate the ageing, but very adaptable Lockheed C-130Ks.
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