Editing Lancaster, California (section)

===War Eagle Field / Mira Loma===
[[War Eagle Field]] is a former airfield located in the Mojave Desert, about {{convert|5|mi|abbr=on}} west of central Lancaster.

In 1944, the flight school changed its name to Mira Loma Flight Academy. The airfield inactivated on October 1, 1945, and was declared surplus in 1946. Responsibility for it was given to the [[War Assets Administration]]. The land was then bought by Los Angeles County. The airfield was converted to the Mira Loma Detention Center. In 2012, Los Angeles County closed the detention center.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-oct-17-la-ed-miraloma-20121017-story.html|title=The Mira Loma Detention Center mess|date=October 17, 2012|access-date=March 29, 2018|via=LA Times}}</ref> Los Angeles County is currently collaborating with the City of Lancaster, the [[faith-based community]], and the non-profit community to convert the facility into a winter shelter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winter Shelter Program (Now Closed)|url=http://www.lahsa.org/winter_shelter_program|website=Lahsa.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426090533/http://www.lahsa.org/winter_shelter_program|archive-date=April 26, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2018}}</ref>