NAS Fallon CO to Speak at CEDA Breakfast

Captain Shane Tanner, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Fallon, is the featured speaker for the Churchill Entrepreneurial Development Association’s breakfast on September 25 at 7 a.m. at Stockman’s Steakhouse.

A 27-year military veteran, Tanner became NAS Fallon’s 34^th commanding officer in March 2022. He was born in Auburn, New York, and received his commission from Texas A&M University in 1998 as a member of the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets. He completed Primary and Intermediate flight training in Pensacola, Florida, and Advanced Flight Training in Norfolk, Virginia, earning his Wings on October 20, 2000.

Tanner graduated from the United States Naval War College as a “Halsey Group” member with a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies in 2009. He graduated from the Joint Forces Staff College in 2014, earning Full Joint Qualification. He is also a graduate of the United States Navy Strike Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School (CAEWWS).

Tanner’s operational tours span the East Coast, West Coast, FDNF-Japan, and FDNF-Europe. He has flown with the VAW-121 Bluetails, the VAW-115 Liberty Bells, the VAW-117 Wallbangers, and the VAW-120 Greyhawks and commanded the VAW-125 Tigertails, where he led the Fleet’s first E-2D squadron in the historic homeport shift from Norfolk, Virginia, to Iwakuni, Japan. 

Tanner has accumulated more than 3,000 flight hours, logged more than 600 carrier-arrested landings, and completed 174 combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

During his command in Fallon, Tanner has been actively involved with Rotary and strongly supported the local Purple Star Schools Program. The Churchill County School District became the first in Nevada to have all schools receive the Purple Star designation.

The Purple Star School Program, administered by a state department of education, stresses the importance of assisting military children with school transition and develops programs that recognize the value of military service and civic responsibility.