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Fallon Naval Air Station
And the Salt Wells cathouse as well.
"Paul" wrote in message ... "Austin Powers" wrote in message link.net... I have some spare time and am interested in driving up to Fallon to see what goes off up there. Can anyone let me know what kind of flying takes place there and what (and where) you can see? Any frequencies would be appreciated. Thanks. Most of the units that are there flying are transients... just using the ranges for combat maneuvering and bombing / gunnery.. There is probably no telling what squadrons are there - unless you have a relative in one of them, or are dating the Base CO's secretary..... LOL. This time of year (Spring) or fall is better suited to seeing more aircraft flying in the area, for the simple fact that the heat in Fallon sucks in summertime... so the base gets a lot more visitors in cooler weather. I know due to having been there quite a few times during my time on active duty. They used to have a Casino in town that would send a van to pick up Sailors and Marines right at the BEQ for free, I believe it was called Mom's... They had a great cathouse called "The Lazy B" (Rest Ranch)... near by.... you could call them and they would pick up groups of four or more with a limo at the front gate. At they did back in the 1980's... The huge and old, Naval weapons depot at Hawthorne is just south of there.... you can still see all the bunkers (Thousands of them) from the highway. Paul |
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Fallon Naval Air Station
"qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in
ups.com: On Mar 8, 2:07 am, "Austin Powers" wrote: I have some spare time and am interested in driving up to Fallon to see what goes off up there. Can anyone let me know what kind of flying takes place there and what (and where) you can see? Any frequencies would be appreciated. Thanks. USN version of Nellis. All USN strike warfare training and development there. Not sure you can even get on the base as a civilian. The Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center is at Fallon. One of its units, Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor school is known popularly as Top Gun. Maybe you've heard of it. IBM |
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Fallon Naval Air Station
On Mar 18, 10:26 pm, Ian MacLure wrote:
"qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote roups.com: On Mar 8, 2:07 am, "Austin Powers" wrote: I have some spare time and am interested in driving up to Fallon to see what goes off up there. Can anyone let me know what kind of flying takes place there and what (and where) you can see? Any frequencies would be appreciated. Thanks. USN version of Nellis. All USN strike warfare training and development there. Not sure you can even get on the base as a civilian. The Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center is at Fallon. One of its units, Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor school is known popularly as Top Gun. Maybe you've heard of it. IBM Maybe you have heard of USAF Fighter Weapons School also, located at Nellis P C Chisholm CDR, USN(ret) Former CO of VF-126, Pacific Fleet Adversary Squadron, 1991/2. |
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