ɪt wʌz ɹɪˈoʊpənd ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi θɹˈiː æz ɐ nˈuː mˈɑːdɚn ˈɛɹbeɪs wɪð tˈuː ɹˈʌnweɪz æz ðə ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌv dʒˈɔɪnt ɪzɹˈeɪli ænd jˌuːˈɛs ɡˈʌvɚnmənt fˈʌndɪŋ æz pˈɑːɹt ʌvðɪ ˌaɪˌeɪˈɛfs ɹˌiːdᵻplˈɔɪmənt ˌaʊɾəv ɪts bˈeɪsᵻz ɪnðə sˈaɪnaɪ ˈæftɚɹ ɪt wʌz ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tʊ ˈiːdʒɪpt fˈɑːloʊɪŋ ðə kˈæmp dˈeɪvɪd ɐkˈoːɹdz.
It was reopened in 1983 as a new modern airbase with two runways as the result of joint Israeli and US government funding as part of the IAF's redeployment out of its bases in the Sinai after it was returned to Egypt following the Camp David Accords.