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 in the city of
Fallon in western
Nevada in the United States. Since 1996, it has been home to the
Naval Fighter Weapons School (
TOPGUN), and the surrounding area contains 84,000 acres (340 kmē) of bombing and electronic warfare ranges. It is also home to the
Naval Strike Air Warfare Center (NSAWC), which includes
TOPGUN, the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School (TOPDOME) and the Navy Rotary Wing Weapons School.
Navy SEAL Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) training also takes place here.
NSAWC flies and maintains
F/A-18 Hornets,
F-16 Fighting Falcons, and
MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters.
VFC-13 (USN Reserve) at NAS Fallon also acts as an aggressor squadron, flying F-5E, F-5F and
F-5N Tiger IIs.