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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 .
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).
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 ...
Fallon is about 60 miles east of Reno. The 10 were taken to Reno for treatment. They were flown there in two helicopters that landed in Reno's Pickett Park at 9:15 p.m., police said.
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.
A Northrop F-5 Tiger assigned to VFC-13, Fallon NAS, Nevada, crashed in the Clan Alpine Mountains at the north end of Edwards Creek Valley. The pilot, LCDR Richard T. Ryon ejected from the F-5N and did not survive.
Fallon is a city in Churchill County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 9,327 at time of the 2020 census. [5] Fallon is the county seat of Churchill County [6] and is located in the Lahontan Valley. Fallon is known for being home to Naval Air Station Fallon, located southeast of town.
The program began as the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School, established on 3 March 1969, [1] at the former Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. [2] [3] In 1996, the school was merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. [4] "TOP GUN" text at the line shack of NAS Miramar, 1984