The station is best known as the location of the TOPGUN training program and the movie of the same name. In 1996 the school was relocated to Naval Air Station Fallon. During the heyday of TOPGUN the station was nicknamed "Fightertown USA".
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  • Steven D. Kyle November 29, 2012 at 12:34pm

    Jacqueline Franks, I remember our softball team (a combination of APTU and Dispensary players) KILLING the NDRC in 1979 :)

     

  • Jacqueline L. Franks November 29, 2012 at 10:14am

    D. Gordon Brown, just wanted to say that NDRC had one of the best softball teams on the base when I was NAS Op-Det from Nov 80-Aug 83.

     

     

  • Joseph Mattera Jr August 4, 2012 at 10:01pm

    Finished "AO" A school Memphis then fisrt 2 years of my Navy 4 years sent to NAS Miramar weapons station from 1976 to 1978 Great times!!!

  • Jacqueline L. Franks August 10, 2011 at 2:35pm
    I was in VAW-110 from Aug 83-Nov 85. Before that I was NAS OP Miramar from Nov 80-Aug 83. And my first tour at Miramar was in VF-126 from June 78-Nov 80.
  • william c. mitchell August 5, 2011 at 1:03pm

    I was station at Miramar Oct 1964 to Oct 1966 right out of boot camp in San Diego .  It was like being out in the desert you had to look out for rattle snakes when you walked to the EX from the barracks.

     

  • Bruce Alan Lockhart July 24, 2011 at 3:54pm
    Stationed @ Miramar in VAW-110 training from Jan 77-April 77
  • Natalie Aiuto July 17, 2011 at 9:09am

    I was IS right from Lowery AFB in Denver, assigned to TARPS at VF-124 from Dec 1978 through Oct 1980. The shop was not even set up until 6 mos. after I arrived.  Temp. assignment was in aircrew records tracking quals and flight time. I got to go through all the quals myself, including Martin Baker seat shot! Went to reserve F-4 group and got a ride! I have many fond memories of this place!

  • Bill Coleman May 12, 2011 at 4:58pm
    I was with VF-302 from 77 to 80. One of our guys set off an ejection seat which landed down by the next hanger.
  • Donald Cecil July 19, 2010 at 10:23pm
    I was there from 69-72 first with VF-124, short stint with VFP-63, and then with VF211. Uss Handcock,Viet Nam. Was an AE.
  • Adrian Hernandez July 10, 2010 at 2:41am
    After a month's leave and back from Subic, I reported to VF-142 at Miramar NAS in December of 1970. Assigned to the base medical dispensary. Sick Call for Navy and Dependents was non-stop there. Drove a crash truck to the air strip from time to time. We would hear a loud alarm horn in the dispensary indicating an emergency at the air strip. Myself, (when on duty), another corpsman, and a physician would respond in one of those crash trucks.
    Then, sometime later the squadron went to El Centro for a week or two.
    Also remember going to Jack In The Box on Balboa and Convoy avenues for lunch sometimes. One time me and another corpsman drove an ambulance up to the drive through window to order lunch. We had the overhead emergency flashing lights on during the whole time. Boy did we get some stares. It was so funny.
    Did we do bad?
    And finally, in June of '71 we flew to Alameda to join up with the Big E, which was being readied for Vietnam.
    Last goodbyes to girlfriend and family at the terminal.
    We took off from Miramar in a four engine prop, and I noticed that the seats in it were all installed backwards. Kinda strange. But of course, back in those days, everything was like,..... kinda,... beyond friggin' strange?!!
    Indeed it was my friends. Indeed it was.
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I was there

I was stationed at VF126 June 78-Nov 80, Nas Miramar OpDet Nove 80-Aug 83 and VAW-110 Aug 83-Nov 85. A long time ago but fond memories. My daughter Alexis was born while I was at NAS (she was well known there) and my son Keith was born while I was stationed at VAW-110.

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