Royal Air Force Lyneham is home to the RAF’s Tactical Air Transport Force - the Hercules aircraft - and is one of the largest and busiest operational stations in the RAF.
Initially a flying training base, Lyneham quickly became a centre for the role it is still famous for, Air Transport. The Station became the first RAF airfield to operate jet transports when the first Comet C2s arrived in 1956. Now the RAF's major tactical transport Station, the airfield is home to the Hercules C1/C3 aircraft operated by Nos 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons. The Hercules Operational Conversion Unit, No 57 (Reserve) Squadron operates 5 Hercules C1/C3s at Lyneham, which is also home to No 4626 (County of Wiltshire) Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, RAuxAF, and the UK
The Lyneham Globe is produced bimonthly
Mobile Air Movements Squadron, responsible for establishing handling facilities at temporary bases. The original Hercules' are now being replaced by the second-generation C-130J in RAF service. This comes in two versions, the stretched Hercules C4 and the standard C5 version.
