Lookout Mountain Air Force Station (LMAFS) is a Formerly Used Defense Site which today is a private residence of actor Jared Leto in the Laurel Canyon neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

The USAF military installation produced motion pictures and still photographs for the United States Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1947 to 1969.

[3] The 50,000 square feet (4,600 m2)[4] facility was built on 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) in 1941 as a World War II air defense center to coordinate radar installations in the Los Angeles area.

After an extensive survey of the Los Angeles area, the General chose the Air Force facility at 8935 Wonderland Avenue.

The facility had been constructed on 2 acres (0.81 ha) of land in 1943 at a cost of $132,000 to house the Los Angeles Flight Control Center.

After World War II, the Los Angeles Flight Control Center was closed and the grounds and building declared surplus to the needs of the Air Force.

[7] In January 1948, the building was acquired from the War Assets Administration by the Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission for the Lookout Mountain Laboratory for use in support of JTF-7.

Extensive remodeling commenced by the Los Angeles Office of the Army Corps of Engineers and was paid for by the AEC.

[7] In the fall of 1949, Lt. General Curtis LeMay decided that the production of motion pictures was not a proper function of the Strategic Air Command.

Lookout Mountain Laboratory and all its staff, were transferred to the Air Proving Ground under the command of Lt. General William Ellsworth Kepner.

[7] In December 1949, Lookout Mountain Laboratory and the 4881st Motion Picture Squadron were assigned the responsibility for accomplishing all documentary photography for Joint Task Force 3, Operation Greenhouse.

[11] APCS was responsible for mapping the world and providing accurate aerial charts to military aviators of wherever they needed.

[18] In the fall of that year, a studio crew was sent to film the United States Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron, leading to the development of the M-45 Camera mount.

The Lookout Mountain crew helped to identify equipment failures with their footage for Douglas Aircraft Company and their 1957 Thor 101 missile.

[5] On July 1, 1960, the 1352d Motion Picture Squadron was re-designated as the 1352d Photographic Group with headquarters at Lookout Mountain Air Force Station (LMAFS), 8935 Wonderland Avenue in Los Angeles.

[citation needed] In March 1967, the 1352nd Photographic Group was composed of two squadrons, four Detachments (Det) and two Operating Locations (O/L).

[5] From 1960 to 1969, the 1352d Photo Group, Lookout Mountain Air Force Station, was responsible for all documentary photographic capabilities and the maintenance and operation of laboratories and production facilities in the western part of the United States (west of the Mississippi River), the Pacific and the Far East.

Among those who have starred in Air Force films shot at "the Hill," as Lookout personnel called the studio, were: Reed Hadley, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Preston, James Garner, Juliet Prowse, Gregory Peck, Keenan Wynn, Marvin Miller, Les Tremayne, Kim Novak, Glenn Ford and Lee Marvin.

A Night On Jackrabbit Mesa, explained to civilian authorities, police, fire and rescue, how to secure and handle the crash of an Air Force plane.

"[22] In addition, many of the producers and directors were veterans of Frank Capra's World War II film unit, or had been with combat photo teams of the Army, Navy and Marines.

Another Lookout Mountain editor, William "Bill" Holmes (1904–1978) had edited 54 feature films at Warner Bros. Holmes' credits included: Ben Hur (1925), I Was A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932), Dark Victory (1939), They Died With Their Boots On (1941) and Sergeant York, for which he won the 1941 Academy Award for Best Editing.

Barry Shipman (1912–1994), one of Lookout Mountain's writers, had written serials for Universal Pictures including Dick Tracy (1937) and Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe (1940), and had written for such TV series as Lassie, Ramar of the Jungle, Adventures of Wild Bill Hicock and Death Valley Days.

A former base employee reported that these maps were used by the film crew to identify A-bomb targets as they would look to pilots from the air.

[30] Berti began the addition of a swimming pool which could be viewed through thick glass windows in the former underground film development lab, as well as installing bathrooms in some of the rooms.

[32] As of November 2012, the former Air Force film studio and laboratory had been leased by the One80Center as a rehab center which, according to broker/blogger Jimmy Bayan, will be used to "house up to 18 residents at a time, who will dish out up to $50,000 per month to live and recover in this historic treasure.