Each year brings a new slate of repair and expansion projects to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. The base is home to several United States military commands and their associated missions. Ongoing construction projects include: infrastructure projects, demolition of obsolete facilities, construction of new facilities and renovation or rehabilitation of existing buildings. The Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federal government recovery program initiated to help the U.S. recover from the Great Depression, funded the construction of many of MacDill structures. Some are still in use and are part of two historic districts on the base; MacDill Field and the Staff Officers Quarters. The MacDill Field Historic District includes Hangar 1.
After two years of discussion with the Florida Historical Preservation Office (FHPO), MacDill AFB received permission to replace the windows and sidings on its 1940s vintage hangars. Hangar 1 was slated to be the first renovated. In the coming years, the other four hangars at MacDill AFB will also be renovated.