Most of the acreage at the former George Air Force Base has been transferred to the community since the base closed in 1992. The Air Force Real Property Agency, responsible for buying, selling and managing Air Force real estate, has transferred more than four-fifths of the 5,062-acre former base. The site is now known as Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA). The Air Force Real Property Agency has an agreement with the SCLA Authority (presently the Victorville City Council) and the SCLA Authority has a public/private partnership with developer Stirling Enterprises, to redevelop the site. The SCLA Authority supports warehouse distribution facilities, aviation, air cargo, manufacturing, education, and the multi-million-dollar High Desert Power Plant. Read more...

The Air Force has been working to clean up the former George Air Force Base since 1981, spending nearly $113 million to rid the ground and two aquifers of jet fuel, solvents, and pesticides. And the job isn't finished. According to the Air Force's 2010 annual report to Congress, the federal government anticipates spending another $40.3 million at George through 2038. The estimate includes labor, maintenance and operations as well as cleanup costs.Read more...

Located about 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles near Victorville, the base originally known as Victorville Army Airfield was activated Oct. 1, 1941 to train pilots and bombardiers. The first class of cadets graduated on April 24, 1942. By the following year, more than 1,000 pilots had completed training there. After World War II, all flying operations were discontinued as part of a nationwide demobilization. The training base was placed on standby status and used to store surplus B-29s, AT-7s, and AT-11s, beginning in 1945. During this storage period, the U.S. Air Force was created September 18, 1947 as a separate service. By 1948, the last of the stored aircraft had been relocated. Read more...