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Due to the deteriorating airfield facilities and its unique NATO heavy bomber mission, RAF Fairford underwent a 100 million US dollar upgrade of its runway and fuel systems in the largest NATO funded airfield construction project within a NATO country since the end of the Cold War.

This work lasted from May 2000 through May 2002.

Additional improvements continued until 2008, these included the construction of two climate controlled hangars to house the American B-2 stealth bombers and a low observability maintenance dock.