BATTLE lines are being drawn in the fight to keep RAF Lyneham.

Shadow Defence Minister James Gray warned last week the base was under threat if Brize Norton in Oxfordshire is chosen as the home of a new transport fleet.

Now he is forming an action plan and his first step is to meet Adam Ingram, the Armed Forces Minister.

"This is the biggest single threat to my constituency and I will be constantly speaking to civil servants and ministers at every chance," said Mr Gray. "We can win this."

Action will also include a public meeting, a call for a special debate in the House of Commons, a meeting with Tory MP David Cameron, whose Witney constituency takes in Brize Norton, and one with Lyneham Station Commander Steve Duffill.

Mr Gray also wants to encourage the formation of a local committee which could respond to the inquiry.

"We need to look at the military and local implications of what has been suggested," he said. "There are hundreds of people employed at the base and hundreds of families who could be affected. We must act now"