Prior to the Navy's acquisition and during PLANCOR's control of the site, the Army sponsored a glider pilot and fighter pilot training school at the site, known as Condor Field No. 1. The school was operated by Twentynine Palms Air Academy, a contractor to the PLANCOR. It consisted of a main field and three auxiliary fields, one of which was Condor Field No. 3 located on Coyote Dry Lake. When the Army no longer had a need to train pilots, the Navy requested custody of the Condor Field No. 3 site. The Navy established the Naval Auxiliary Air Station Twentynine Palms.
By October 1946, the Navy had cancelled the permit with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC was the successor to the PLANCOR) governing use of the site. The RFC declared the property surplus in 1946 and turned the site over to the War Assets Administration for disposal. The Condor Field No. 3 property was returned to the Department of Interior in 1948. The property is now completely idle.
Some of the land is still managed by the DOI and some is held privately. The site enjoys occasional recreational usage by off-road vehicle enthusiasts. No military improvements remain at the site.
