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Naval Air Station Fallon or NAS Fallon (IATA: NFL, ICAO: KNFL, FAA LID: NFL) is the United States Navy's premier air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility. It is located southeast of the city of Fallon , east of Reno in western Nevada .
NSAWC (now NAWDC) consolidated three commands into a single command structure under a flag officer on 11 July 1996 to enhance aviation training effectiveness. The Naval Strike Warfare Center (informal STRIKE "U" – for Strike University), based at NAS Fallon since 1984, was amalgamated with the Navy Fighter Weapons School ("TOPGUN") and the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School ...
The Fallon Range Training Complex (FRTC) is a United States Navy military area with four separate training ranges [plus] an integrated air defense system consisting of thirty-seven real or simulated radars throughout the Dixie Valley area of Nevada. The entire FRTC is also instrumented with a Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System (TACTS).
Ten U.S. service members were injured in a training incident involving two helicopters at Naval Air Station Fallon Thursday night, police in Reno, Nevada, said. Fallon is about 60 miles east of ...
Ten U.S. service members from the Naval Air Station Fallon were flown in to Reno, Nevada after injuries sustained from a training incident Thursday night, according to local reports.
Naval Air Station Fallon: Van Voorhis Field Fallon: Nevada: N/A Navy Region Southwest [7] Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth: Carswell Field Fort Worth: Texas: N/A Navy Region Southeast [8] Naval Air Station Jacksonville: Towers Field Jacksonville: Florida: N/A Navy Region Southeast [9] Naval Air Station Key West: Boca Chica Field ...
Two of the squadrons are based at NAS Fallon and NAS Key West to support fleet VFA squadron training at the extensive range complexes supported by those air stations. A third is based at NAS Oceana to support Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic squadron training and the fourth is based at NAS JRB New Orleans.
On 11 July 1996, CAEWWS and TOPGUN moved from NAS Miramar and joined Strike University as the foundation for the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) at Naval Air Station Fallon. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The close proximity of weapons school instructors supporting a variety of platforms has been central to the success of NSAWC.