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NAS Fallon is located in the Lahontan Valley of west‐central Nevada in bed . Due to the arid climate , much of the local area around NAS Fallo of the Naval Fighter Weapons School ( TOPGUN ), the United States Na ground training facility , the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development TOPGUN , the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School ( CAEW Weapons School .
The airfield is named Van Voorhis Field in honour of Lieutenant Comm 1943 ) who was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honour .
The Navy relocated its Navy Fighter Weapons School or TOPGUN , fro 1996 . In addition to transferring , the NSAWC squadron , a Navy Res Squadron Composite THIRTEEN ( VFC‐13 ), the " Saints ," was also perm base at NAS Miramar to NAS Fallon .
NAS Fallon is home to the “ Fighting Saints ” of Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Detachment Fallon ( S tion Warfighting Development Center ( NAWDC ) premier tactical air warfare training center . VFC‐ Navy and Marine Corps active and reserve fleet rier air wings and Marine aircraft groups , USAF u and Air National Guard , and Canadian Forces . T F‐5s Tiger II with Russian Stars on their tails , Rus their nose with camouflage mimicking the Russi the wings worn by the highest classification of So