🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake
US Navy installation near Ridgecrest, California, United States
🇺🇸 United States · 35.6856, -117.6919
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Between November 7 and 9, 2018, NAWS was used as the filming location for the fictional Mach 10-capable aircraft known as Darkstar featured in the opening scene of Paramount's Top Gun: Maverick, later released in 2022.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Red Rock Canyon State Park
🇺🇸 United States
California state park in Kern County featuring scenic desert cliffs, buttes, and spectacular rock formations
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🏙 Towns & cities
Trona
🇺🇸 United States
unincorporated community in California
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🏙 Towns & cities
Ridgecrest
🇺🇸 United States
city in Kern County, California, United States
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Trona Pinnacles
🇺🇸 United States
geological formation in California
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🛣 Streets & squares
Sierra Highway
🇺🇸 United States
road in Southern California, United States
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🏙 Towns & cities
Randsburg
🇺🇸 United States
census-designated place in Kern County, California
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake?
1 production is recorded as filmed at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, including Top Gun: Maverick (2022). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Where is Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake?
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is in the United States, at 35.6856, -117.6919.
What other filming locations are near Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake?
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Trona, Ridgecrest, Trona Pinnacles and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by NASA, Public domain.