Editing Lincolnshire (section)

==Military==
[[Image:Typhoon Landing At RAF Coningsby MOD 45155053.jpg|right|thumb|Typhoon FGR4 aircraft, based at [[RAF Coningsby]]]]

===Air===
{{Main|Royal Air Force}}
Because of its flat geography and low population density, Lincolnshire is an ideal place for airfields, and the [[Air Ministry]] built prolifically with the county hosting nearly seventy separate air bases. It became known as "bomber county".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-18071770 |title='Bomber County' past and present |date=18 May 2012 |work=BBC News |access-date=25 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925193507/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-18071770 |archive-date=25 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Since the end of the [[Second World War]] most of these airfields or stations were decommissioned, but the RAF retains a significant footprint in Lincolnshire for the air defence of the United Kingdom and aircrew training. For more information on former bases, see [[List of former RAF stations]].

Two major front-line bases located in Lincolnshire are [[RAF Coningsby]], which is one of only two RAF [[Quick Reaction Alert]] (QRA) Stations in the United Kingdom and home to the [[Eurofighter Typhoon]] jet fighters, and [[RAF Waddington]], where most of the RAF's Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance aircraft are based. The [[Red Arrows]] Aerobatic Team has also been based at Waddington since October 2022 after their previous base, [[RAF Scampton]], was closed down.<ref>{{cite web | title=Final flight of Red Arrows jet from RAF Scampton | website=Royal Air Force | date=21 October 2022 | url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/red-arrows/news/final-flight-of-red-arrows-jet-from-raf-scampton/ | access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> Other stations in Lincolnshire include [[RAF Cranwell]], home to all Air Force Basic Officer Training for the Royal Air Force; [[RAF Barkston Heath]], a training airfield; and minor bases such as [[RAF Donna Nook]] and [[RAF Digby]].

Lincolnshire is also home to two active RAF and NATO-allied air weapons training [[bombing range]]s, located along [[The Wash]] and north Lincolnshire coastline—[[RAF Holbeach]] active since 1926 (originally part of the former [[RAF Sutton Bridge]] station) and [[RAF Donna Nook|Donna Nook]]. The [[RAF Wainfleet]] range was decommissioned in 2010.

===Army===
The Army runs [[Sobraon Barracks]], home of 160 (Lincoln) Squadron, [[Royal Logistic Corps]] (RLC), as well as [[Prince William of Gloucester Barracks]], Grantham, home to the national specialist logistics units. In November 2016 the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] announced that the Grantham site would close in 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565858/20161107_MOD_Better_Defence_Estate_FINAL.pdf |title=A Better Defence Estate |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=November 2016 |access-date=8 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195030/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/565858/20161107_MOD_Better_Defence_Estate_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=8 November 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> but the timescale has twice been extended, latterly to 2028.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disposal-database-house-of-commons-report|title=Disposal database: House of Commons report|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>