Thanks for that, Paul.
I do smell something a bit odd here - has your council been told where the FSTA bidding consortia intend to base the aircraft IF the wretched PFI goes ahead?
I note that the Bristol Bureaucrat has a very high T-tail. So it probably won't fit into a Lyneham hangar? Regarding commercial exploitation, surely the aerodrome with the best road/rail links would be the best bet for future non-military development? Particularly if it already had two runways (albeit one rather short - and bent!) and controlled airspace already abutting the airways system.
Perhaps the future will see Swindon International (or, for Ryanair, London (Swindon) Airport) having a small group of C130Js parked amongst the civil airliners with FSTA and A400M at Brize? Or, even better, forget 25 A400M and use full-up non-PFI FSTA aircraft in the tanker-transport role and more C-17s for both strategic airlifting and tactical roles?