[4] With the beginning of the Second World War, top officers from allied nations came to Hullavington to share ideas and methods.

[3] This was a safety move as a sustained attack was expected at the East Anglian bomber bases on the announcement of war.

Office was also stationed at Hullavington, and an aircraft left every day at dawn to gather weather data at various altitudes.

[7] English Heritage (now Historic England) later stated that "It embodies, to a unique degree, the improved architectural quality associated with the post-1934 expansion of the RAF.

The hangar was the location of all the parachutes for the armed services, and the damage and loss of stock affected morale at the base.

In 1992 and 1993 two Volunteer Gliding Schools (VGS) moved in, operating the Viking, a modified version of the civilian Grob 103.

[35][36] By August 2018, four hundred staff were engaged on automotive development at the site and the company planned to create a ten-mile car test track;[37] however, in October 2019 the project was abandoned.

[38] The company intended to use the Hullavington site to manufacture medical ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic[39] but the UK government cancelled their order in April 2020.