In memory of the glider pilots who trained
at Condor Field, Twentynine Palms Air
Academy during World War II.
The Twentynine Palms Air Academy was the
first major glider training base in the
United States, here 1854 students received
Basic Glider Training from January 1942 to
March 1943.
Later they would risk their lives flying
highly vulnerable aurcraft into combat
during the airborne operations of World
War II.
Dedicated 28 March 1992 by the National
World War II Glider Pilots Association.
