Top Gun and the Wall of Fire
Aircraft and combat Demonstration of U.S. Navy's Adversary squadron in Fallon, NV


F-14 Taxi

F-14A of NSAWC (Naval Stike & Air Warfare Center) based at Fallon NV.
Photo taken during 1999 Stockton airshow.

F/A-18 Top Gun Takeoff
Formation take-off of NSAWC's F/A-18A and B in standard color scheme.
Photo taken at Reno Airrace in 1998.

F-14 formation takeoff
Looks like Iran air force and Russian Navy.
Two F-14A of NSAWC take off during the 1999 Stockton airshow.

Top gun - Wall of fire demo
NSAWC's F/A-18As perform a simulated bombing during the Wall of Fire demonstration at 1998 Reno Airrace.

UH-60 landing
SH-60F Seahawk (Bu.164089 / 71) belonging to NSAWC makes a landing for simulated combat rescue at the 1999 Stockton Airshow.

UH-60 takeoff
The same SH-60F takes off with the gunner firing his machine gun.

Top Gun F-14 and F/A-18
F-14A and F/A-18A both from NSAWC begins to break formation at the 1998 Reno Airrace.

F-14
A shot taken a second after photo above.

F-14 and F/A-18
Formation of NSAWC's normal color scheme F-14A and camouflaged F/A-18A at the 1999 Stockton Airshow.

F/A-18
Two camouflaged F/A-18A of NSAWC.

UH-60 Top Gun
I like the combination of Soviet Union style number and Red Star with the Stars & Stripes U.S. Flag.
Note the weight below the flag is a bomb.

F-5 Taxi
This F-5E is from VFC-13 and was on static display at the Reno Airrace in 1999.
When the Airrace/Airshow is over, she prepares to return to her homebase, Fallon, Nevada which is only 50 miles away.

F-5E Tiger Formation
Nice Formation of F-5E Tigers from VFC-13.
Photo taken at NAS Fallon Community Day airshow in 2002.




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