The U.S. Navy Centroid Facility is located just north of US 50 to the east of Fallon, NV. The area may be known as 'Frenchman' and is possibly in the Naval Reservation shown at the following URL.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=13&ll=39.286483,-118.23967&spn=0.118116,0.206509
I drove past on Sunday and there's a sign pointing to the north, if you switch that map to a satellite view you can see buildings in the middle of the area north of the road. Now it may simply be the geometric center of that test area. In any case Google doesn't have anything interesting on the subject.
The facility south of the road is a target range, those aren't active facilities or flying aircraft. Fallon, NV is the current home of Top Gun, so the Navy does have reason to be way over here in Nevada.
2007-02-20 08:44:44 · 4 answers · asked by Chris H 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The road is called US50, Frenchman is a local name at that point. If you don't know anything useful why earn a thumbs down?
2007-02-20 08:58:38 · update #1
Fallon is currently the home of the Naval Fighter Weapons School (Top Gun).
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/fallon.htm
2007-02-20 09:02:24 · update #2
What you link in google maps shows is the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NASW) Fallon, NV Electronic Warfare Range Dixie Valley, NV. Over 37 real and simulated radar systems populate this range. A structure is located at the confluence of three roads near the center of the range. This area, together with B-17, to the South, is the most frequently used training destination for pilots flying out of NAS Fallon.
So far as the Centroid Facility is concerned.....
cant say
2007-02-23 15:43:20 · answer #1 · answered by CG-23 Sailor 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fallon Nv Navy Base
2016-10-18 04:26:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in the Navy in the late 80's, NAS Fallon was the base where deploying air wings would go and do a two week exercise before heading out on the ship. Naval air wings are not all based in the same area. Different aircraft are spread out from San Diego to Washington state. This was a chance for them to all work together. The areas on the map are probably controlled airspace areas where the aircraft do their exercises.
2007-02-20 08:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by Mark B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frenchman is the name of the road. HAHAHAHAHA, and they let you drive? HAHAHAHAHA
2007-02-20 08:49:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋