Sun arc2026-05-21 · 39.416, -118.701 (UTC)
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Latitude
39.416500
Longitude
-118.700800
Curator notes
Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center — the actual TOPGUN school. Maverick's instructor sequences are set here in story; second-unit aerial coverage filmed Fallon for the establishing wide-shots.Other locations on Top Gun: Maverick12
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
California · US
Eastern Sierra Nevada — Owens Valley
California · US
Hotel Del Coronado / Coronado Beach
California · US
Lake Tahoe
California · US
Lake Tahoe — Hangar Beach (Tahoe Keys Marina)
California · US
NAS Lemoore
California · US
NAS North Island, Coronado
California · US
NAS Point Mugu
California · US
NAS Whidbey Island
Washington · US
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
Pacific · US
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)
Pacific · US
Plant 42 (USAF Air Force Plant 42)
California · US · studio