Naval Air Station Fallon is US Navy’s premier tactical air warfare center specializing in Air to Air and Air to ground training. Due to the vast size of the nearby ranges, 80% of all Navy munitions dropped in training is done in NAS Fallon. This is also the only Navy airbase that could house an entire Carrier airwing at one time for training.
Current Units base in NAS Fallon
- Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center ( NAWDC )
- Fighter Squadron composite 13 ( VFC-13) Fighting Saints
- Strike Fighter Wing Pacific Detachment ( SFWPD )
- Fleet Readiness Center West Detachment Fallon
- Naval Munitions Command West-Detachment Fallon
- Naval Aviation forecasting Component (NAFCOMP)
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service ( NCIS)
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal EOD Detachement
From our focus on Naval Aviation, we will be focusing on NAWDC and VFC-13
NAWDC
NAWDC took over the role from the earlier Naval Strike and Air warfare Center ( NSAWC ) in 2015.
Currently they provide Service to aircrews, squadrons and airwing support through flight training, acadamic instructional classes, and direct operational and intelligence support. This include the famous Topgun, (SEAWOLF) rotary wing school, Electronic warfare school, Growler Weapon School HAVOC and Carrier Airborne Early Warning school. NAWDC houses 2870+ military personnel and about 250 civilian and contractors. The current fleet for NAWDC houses 54 aircrafts which include Legacy Hornet F/A-18 A/B/C/D, Superhornet F/A-18 E/F, E-2C Hawkeye, MH-60S helicopter, F-16 A/B, F-5n and E/A-18G. For our visit we get to photograph the hotramp for NAWDC and End of runway shots on NAWDC aircraft doing their routine training.
NAWDC Aircraft on base
Bord # | Serial # |
Aircraft Type |
45 | 163950 | F-18C |
44 | 164033 | F-18C |
164691 | F-18C | |
30 | 164278 | F-18C |
30 | 162840 | F-18A Desert |
24 | 164277 | F-18C Blue |
23 | 164686 | F-18C |
27 | 164661 | F-18C |
40 | 163987 | F-18C |
115 | 166904 | F-18E |
100 | 163796 | F-18F |
111 | 166787 | F-18E |
105 | 165807 | F-18F |
106 | 165885 | F-18F |
500 | 168932 | E/A-18G |
502 | 168900 | E/A-18G |
600 | 164112 | E-2C |
601 | 164355 | E-2C |
61 | 920410 | F-16A Blue Camo |
05 | 920459 | F-16B desert |
56 | 900947 | F-16A Blue Camo |
52 | 920408 | F-16A desert |
53 | 900944 | F-16A desert |
04 | 920458 | F-16B Blue splinter |
72 | 167828 | MH-60 |
71 | 167838 | MH-60 |
167865 | MH-60 |
Hotramp Shots
- F-18C from NAWDC
- EA-18G 500-168932
- E-2C 164112 and 164355 from NAWDC
- NAWDC F-18 duel tank
- 27-164661 F-18C NAWDC
- 71-167838 Camo NAWDC MH-60
- 167865 MH-60 US Navy
- 111-166787 FA-18E on the hot ramp NAWDC
- 52-920408 F-16A
- 04-920458 F-16B NAWDC
- 05-920459 Desert Camo F-16B NAWDC
- 05-920459 and 61-920410 F-16B and A fropm NAWDC
- 30-164278 F-18C NAWDC on hotramp
- 71-167838 Camo MH-60 NAWDC
NAWDC Flight line and End of Runway (EOR)
- 45-163950 F-18C on hot ramp
- Blue F-18C 164277
- 111-166787 F/A-18E on the hot ramp
- 500-168932 NAWDC E/A-18G growler
- 61-920410 F-16A NADWC
- 61-920410 F-16A NADWC closeup
- 500-168932 NAWDC E/A-18G growler and 105-165807 F/A-18F
- 61-920410 and 56-900947 F-16A NAWDC on EOR
- F-16B NAWDC 04-920458
- 56-900947 F-16A NAWDC launching
- F-16B 05-920459 on base turning to final for NAS Fallon
- 56-900947 F-16A NAWDC landing
- 56-900947 F-16A NAWDC touch down
- F-16B NAWDC 04-920458 on final
- F/A-18F 106-166885 on Final
- E/A-18G 500-168932 launch
- F/A-18F 106-166885 laucnhing in NAS Fallon
- E/A-18G 500-168932 launch
- Superhornet preparing for the Carrier Break
- NAWDC F/A-18F carrier break
- 500-168932 NAWDC E/A-18G growler
VFC-13 ” Fighting Saints”
VFC-13 provides Adversary training for Carrier Airwing, fighter and attack squadrons, USAF and other allied forces.
When we were on base , VFC-13 Fighting Saints did not fly , so we were only presented with Static and Hanger shots. VFC-13 flies the a mixed bag of 23 F-5E, F-5F and Ex-Swiss F-5N Tiger II painted in very colorful camouflage scheme that simulate our Adversary fighters. They wear Eastern bloc style Bord numbers with distinct variety of colorful adversary schemes of blue, gray, yellow splinter, black, brown camouflage. From this visit I have a list of jets by serial number that we photograph.
VFC-13 aircraft on base
Bord # |
Serial |
Camouflage type |
02 | 761536 | yellow splinter |
04 | 761544 | tiger camo |
10 | 761534 | white grey |
07 | 761545 | brown desert |
06 | 761528 | white grey |
12 | 761568 | white grey |
13 | 761578 | Black ( MIG28 ) |
14 | 761535 | white grey ( grey nose) |
20 | 761580 | black F model |
Tiger Camouflage scheme (76-1544)
- F-5n tiger camo 761544 front view
- F-5n tiger camo 761544 front view
- F-5n tiger camo 761544
- F-5n tiger camo 761544 top down viewello
- F-5n tiger camo 761544 lower side view
- F-5n tiger camo 761544 upper panaromic view
- F-5n tiger camo 761544 side view
- F-5n tiger camo 761544
White Grey Camouflage Scheme
- F-5n 761568 bord 12 rear side view
- 04-761551 top panaramoic view
- F-5n top front view VFC-13
- 06-761528 spotting a Blue AIM-9M, VFC-13
- 14-761535 bord 14 comes with a grey nose top pano view
- 04-761551 side view
- 14-761535 bord 14 grey nose
- 12-761568 side view
Gloss Black ( Top Gun MIG-28 scheme)
- Black 13-761578 front view
- Black 13-761578 side view
- Black 13-761578 rear view
- Black 13-761578 top view
- Black 13-761578 close shot
- F-5F 20-761580 front view
- F-5F 20-761580 topside view
- F-5F 20-761580 front angle topview
- F-5F 20-761580 side view
- F-5F 20-761580 rear view
- F-5F 20-761580 top front view
- F-5F 20-761580 rear side view
Yellow Splinter Camouflage Scheme
- yellow splinter 761536 front
- yellow splinter 761536 front port side
- yellow splinter 761536 with blue AIM9M
- yellow splinter 761536 full front
- yellow splinter 761536 hanger
- yellow splinter 761536 rear top
- yellow splinter 761536 rear side
- yellow splinter 761536 side view
Desert Brown Camouflage scheme
- desert brown 761545 front side
- desert brown 761545 closeup side
- desert brown 761545 side rear
- desert brown 761545 front side
- desert brown 761545 side
Other Navy Aircraft
- VFA-86 Sidewinders F/A-18E
- VFA-25 Fist of the Fleet F/A-18E
- F-18A Desert Camo NAWDC
- Marines Checkerboards VMFA-312 Color bird
- VFC-12 Fighting Omars close up
- VFC-12 Fighting Omars