The old fire station was upgraded to provide modern teaching facilities and an accommodation block with a canteen was built next door.

During the build-up to the Second World War, the Air Ministry began constructing major airfields across the United Kingdom under what was known as the Expansion Period.

[6] After CFS's departure, the airfield was used by the Army, and with the arrival of the Royal Irish Rangers, Little Rissington became "Imjin Barracks".

[9] Little Rissington was identified as surplus to requirements in the Government's "Options for Change" package and the entire site was put up for sale.

[2] Following a Defence Review, the planned disposal of RAF Little Rissington was stopped, and so the immediate future of the aerodrome was secured.

While nothing has yet been confirmed, RAF Little Rissington has been looked at to support various changes: In 2011 the airfield was identified as a site with "localised radium contaminated soil" from the scrapping of surplus equipment after the Second World War.

[10] At the end of 2011, the Upper Rissington Business Park owner Reland commenced the demolition of the main technical site.

This demolition forms part of their future plans are to turn the technical site and former married quarters into an eco-town.

In 2014, real estate development commenced on the airfield by the Royal Air Force to facilitate a centralised flying training strategy by No.

[11] This included a conversion of the fire station into an Operations Centre and the building of a new hangar / maintenance facility on the main dispersal.

Planning permission was approved by the Cotswold District Council in July 2015 for the construction of an Aircrew Mess[12] where the former control tower was originally located.

[14][15] During the Second World War the Air Ministry built a large air-raid shelter into it to protect the service personnel working in the maintenance units.