El Mirage Field

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El Mirage Field is a private airport located 3 miles west of El Mirage, California. It is leased by General Atomics of San Diego. Its primary use is the development and testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for the United States military.

History

During World War II, the airport was designated as Mirage Auxiliary Airfield (No 3), and was an auxiliary training airfield for Victorville Army Airfield, California.

The wartime runways are abandoned and not used by General Atomics for their UAV testing.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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