Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)

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Name (Latin)
Navy Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)
Other forms of name
Navy's Fighter Weapons School (U.S.)
Top Gun (School : U.S.)
United States. Navy Fighter Weapons School
United States. Navy. Fighter Weapons School
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MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 127916740
Wikidata: Q1187624
Library of congress: n 85298975
HAI10: 000753472
Sources of Information
  • Hall, G. Top Gun, the Navy's Fighter Weapons School, 1987:CIP t.p. (Top Gun, the Navy's Fighter Weapons School) pub. info. (Top Gun, the exclusive Navy Fighter Weapons School; at California's NAS Miramar; trains Navy and Marine fighter pilots)
  • Phone call to school, 11/21/86(official name is Navy Fighter Weapons School; at San Diego, Calif; commonly known as Top Gun)
  • Llinares, Rick. Strike: from the air and sea : the U.S. Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center. c2006CIP title page ([budget cuts] "meant moving Top Gun from its original home at the Miramar air station to NAS Fallon in 1996, where it combined with the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School and Strike University (nicknamed 'Top Dome' and 'Strike U' respectively). The new command, the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) expanded its scope beyond just air-to-air training associated with Top Gun into a unified center of air combat training excellence.")
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