Totally open source, found by google within three minutes. Make your own minds up...
Air Commodore Ian Elliott, OBE BSc FRIN RAF
I have merely provided it for your information, and presumably he wrote the piece himself.
I realize that using real names on PPrune is generally frowned upon, but as I said this is taken from a website freely available to the public, and the text was presumably written by the individual concerned. Oh, and I haven't said whether I believe closing Lyneham is actually right or wrong.
No doubt if I have crossed a line a mod will be along soon, and I apologise if my actions are considered out of order!