RAF Scampton well as Lincolnshire's aviation engineering heritage and the Dambusters Raid. It is hoped the project will secure the future of the base and compliment the proposals to establish an air show at Scampton. It was hoped that the facility would be opened by 2018 in order to mark the centenary of the creation of the Royal Air Force, however that proved to be somewhat ambitious. The council's current idea is to operate the facility in tandem with continued military activity at the base. The remnants of a Roman Villa are situated to the southwest of RAF Scampton. Excavation of the
RAF Scampton Air Force Museum, Hendon. The next gate guardian was another restored Lancaster, repatriated from a French island in the South Pacific. This later Lancaster, "Just Jane NX611", is now at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre at the former RAF East Kirkby. The current gate guardian at RAF Scampton is a former Red Arrows Hawk T.1 XX306. Positioned in front of the Station Headquarters, it was unveiled by the then Station Commander Wing Commander Michael Harrop during a ceremony on 12 October 2015. The aircraft was constructed at BAe Dunsfold and handed over to the Royal Air Force on 23 May