Page 9 - 2020 LA County Air Show Guide

Los Angeles County Air Show
March 21-22, 2020 On The Ground 9
Royal Air Force F-35B Squadron 17 steps

back in time with ‘Wings Over War Eagle Field’

The L.A. County Air Show Field display.
and the Antelope Valley Rural War Eagle Field, a 640-acre
Museum have teamed up with training base located in Lan-
the Royal Air Force Squadron caster, Calif., opened in 1941.
17 at Edwards Air Force Base Polaris Flight Academy at War
to provide a step back in time Eagle Field (Avenue I & 60 Street
with a Wings Over War Eagle West in Lancaster) graduated its
first 50 British cadets on Oct. 30,
1941. Polaris was one of four
schools run by Cal-Aero Flight
Academy under government con-
tracts.
With Britain already deep into
World War II, the skies over Eng-
land were no place to train these
young men.
Along with the Polaris Flight
Academy instruction, the Ante-

See RAF, page 11
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