The Operations Department is responsible for the critical missions of the airfield operations, air traffic control, emergency crash operations, organizational level maintenance of four HH-1N "Huey" helicopters, and search and rescue missions.

ATC provides a full range of air traffic control services to both military and civilian aircraft. They are primarily responsible for the safe conduct of local and Special Use Airspace operations of embarked squadrons, carrier air wings and Marine Corps air groups. ATC provides services for more than 13,200 square miles of special-use airspace, which include eight restricted areas and 11 Military Operations Areas (MOAs).

The Fleet Liaison Division is responsible for the operational and administrative scheduling of east and west coast carrier air wings, Marine air groups and independent squadron deployments. Aviation boatswain mates provide customer service and hot refueling to transient aircraft while maintaining more than 221 maintenance and office spaces for two hangar and four service buildings. The Fleet Liaison Division consists of one officer and 35 enlisted Sailors, committed to excellence and quality service to the Fleet.

The Longhorn Search and Rescue (SAR) team is responsible for providing emergency rescue service for the Fallon range complex. The crew also works closely with civilian law enforcement agencies and hospitals to assist in local rescue efforts. In 2000, Longhorn aircrews executed 27 search and rescue medevac events, saving 22 lives in the process. SAR's area of responsibility covers Northern Nevada, parts of surrounding states that range from Susanville, Calif. south to Bishop, Calif. and from Lemoore, Calif. to Salt Lake City, Utah.

NAS Fallon's 46-person Fire Department provides fire suppression, crash/rescue, confined space rescue and emergency medical responses for the entire base as well as mutual aid response for the surrounding community. The Fire Department's arsenal division includes three crash trucks, three pumper-vehicles and numerous pieces of support equipment.

The NAS Fallon Public Works Department is a field office of Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southwest. The Public Works Officer (PWO) is double hated as the Resident Officer in Charge of Construction (ROICC). The department is comprised of four Civil Engineer Corps Officers, one Seabee Senior Chief, and over thirty civilian Engineers, Engineer Technicians, Contract Specialists, and Office Assistants. The department has three divisions: Facilities Management, Facilities Engineering and Acquisition, and Production/ Maintenance.

The Facilities Management Division is responsible for the planning of future facility upgrades to the station. It is also responsible for maintaining all property records and base maps. The division is also responsible for community management. This includes representing the stations interests to the city and county on Real Estate and zoning matters as well as preventing encroachment.

The Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division is responsible for the design, acquisition, and construction administration of all facilities improvement projects on board station. It coordinates the efforts of all Seabee units on station on behalf of the Public Works Officer. It is also responsible for the procurement of all Facilities Services contract, including the Base Operations Support (BOS) contract. The BOS contractor performs a wide variety of functions including: facility maintenance, barracks operation, flight line services, transportation, and ground electronics. The division also provides construction and service contract oversight for Naval Operation Support Centers in Reno, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Ft. Carson, Colo. as well as the Marine Corps Reserve Center in Riverton, Utah, and to the Strategic Systems Programs Detachment in Magna, Utah.

The Production/Maintenance Division provides oversight for all contracted maintenance on board station. This includes serving as facilities service and maintenance liaisons for all tenant and department clients. The division processes maintenance work orders and develops scopes for facility repair. To contact the department please call (775) 426-2804.

Known as Ordnance Town USA, the weapons detachment (det.) ensures timely procurement, storage, assembly and issue of all ordnance and explosives. All weapons evolutions are conducted in direct support of the commands mission tasking. The weapons det. is responsible for efficient operation and maintenance of assigned magazines and associated handling equipment. Consisting of four divisions, weapons personnel work to provide safe stowage, maintenance, assembly/disassembly, inspection, issue and receipt of all conventional ordnance. This directly supports Navy and Marine Corps aviation activities, including carrier air wings, Marine Corps air groups, aircraft carrier weapons assembly teams and tenant commands. Additionally, the weapons det. provides logistic support of all of NAS Fallon's ranges and deploying Air Force and Army elements.

NAS Fallon's Administration Department provides correspondence control, leave processing, Plan of the Day, message routing, instruction files and personnel check-in/check-out services to NAS Departments and tenant commands. In addition, the Organization Effectiveness Center coordinates and instructs Base Indoctrination, CPR, Leadership Training Continuum and motorcycle safety training. The Print Shop provides reprographics and printing services to all station commands and visiting squadrons.