Naval Air Facility El Centro, California

Naval Air Facility El Centro serves primarily as a base for visiting units training in the surrounding range complex. It has a similar mission to that of Fallon Naval Air Station, in Nevada, and Key West Naval Air Station, in Florida. The 2,289 acre base, located at the western edge of the Imperial Valley, has control over several ranges and bombing areas, totaling an additional 54,000 acres of land in the valley. Much of the movie Top Gun was filmed at NAF El Centro.