We Visited NAS Fallon, The “Supercarrier In The Desert†and Home to the Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).
Apr 20 2018 - 0 Comments
By Vincent Vagner
Fallon has been called by some (the late George Hall mainly, in its Superbase books series) the “supercarrier in the desertâ€, and with reason: it usually hosts in numbers all the aircraft types the Navy usually operates from its aircraft carries. In fact, it is t is the center of excellence for naval aviation training and tactics development.
The mission of this airbase, located in western Nevada near Reno, is focused on advanced training and its main command Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC, pronounced NAW-DIK) is two-fold: host the carrier air wings (CVWs, also called CAGs – carrier air groups) during their work-ups before deployment, and teach advanced combat warfare to selected pilots. This last mission is the heritage of several well-known courses including “Topgun†and “Strike Uâ€. Nowadays, these two courses are unified into a 13 weeks long Topgun course.
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