Lost Hills Auxiliary Air Field No. 8 was used by the U.S. Army as an auxiliary air field to Minter Field for training purposes. Improvements as Lost Hills Auxiliary Air Field No. 8 consisted of a runway, taxiway, aprons, revetments, fences, paving, and filed drainage. No buildings were on-site.
On January 11, 1945, Army classified 63.03 acres of the site as surplus. The Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation assumed accountability of the 63.03 acres on March 29, 1946. The remaining 385.23 acres were declared surplus on October 8, 1946. The War Assets Administration relinquished its interest in the property by quitclaim deed to Kern County on October 25, 1948. However, the U.S. Government retained its interest in subsurface rights to oil and gas. No restoration provisions were made at the time of disposal. On January 17, 1966, an Instrument of Release was approved, thereby exempting the site from the National Emergency Use Provision. Currently, Kern County maintains the site as a public aviation field, thereby providing beneficial use of the site.
