War Eagle Field

War Eagle Field is a former airfield located in the Mojave Desert, about 5-mile (8.0 km) west of Lancaster, California.

After the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor, the flight school began training cadets for the United States Army Air Forces on 28 July 1942, being operated by the Polaris Flight Academy as a contract basic flying school (phase 1).

Flight operations continue at the airfield with a helicopter pad, used by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.

United States Rubber Company built a 3,500 feet diameter circular automotive testing track around the two airfields is 1950.

A faint trace of the runways and track can still be seen from the air, just east of California State Route 14 and just south of West Ave B.

[2] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency