History of Lincolnshire the RAF Officer Training College after the formation of the RAF in April 1918. RAF Swinderby was a Polish-manned RAF station and from 1964, the RAF's main Recruit Training Camp. RAF Scampton, was the home base of 617 Squadron. Lincolnshire still has the strongest claim to being the 'home' of RAF Bomber Command, playing host to many squadrons, including the Lancaster bombers of the famous 617 "Dambusters" squadron who were based at RAF Scampton. There were two Bomber Groups based in the county – No. 1 in the north and No. 5 Group in the centre and south. The Battle
RAF Scampton the arrival of the Tornado Radar Repair Unit. In August 1990, RAF Scampton became home to the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG). JACIG was a joint service organisation operating, initially, with around 250 personnel made up of roughly 50% Army, 35% Royal Air Force and 15% Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Civilians from the MOD. In the beginning, the responsibility of JACIG was to oversee the implementation of the Control of Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty though they soon had responsibility for a number of other remits; The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), Open