Royal Air Force (RAF) Lyneham’s Hercules fleet has been moved to a new RAF base at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, UK.
Lyneham, the largest operational RAF base, has been the home of the Hercules transport aircraft for 45 years.
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The base will cease to be a flying station by the end of September this year and will close by 31 December 2012 as part of a strategic review of military bases announced in 2002.
The UK Ministry of Defence is yet to decide whether to use the base for a military purpose after the closure.
RAF Brize Norton’s Station commander group captain Dom Stamp said the new base would be the hub of air transport and air-to-air refuelling and would enable the RAF to provide a more efficient and adaptable response to future challenges.
