Fleet Support

AIR OPERATIONS
This is the heartbeat of a vital and dynamic Master Jet Base called Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana. Its pulse rate is a take-off or landing every two minutes, for an average of 300,000 flight ops per year. There are over seven miles of runways. The latest equipment is utilized to serve the military air traffic of the East Coast.

An average of 3,500 transient aircraft, including the military's largest, C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III, are serviced each year in addition to processing of over 30 million pounds of baggage and cargo. The only way to really appreciate Oceana's tremendous growth and increased importance is to look back into the past.

The air station has the longest runways in Hampton Roads and its location near the warming currents of the Atlantic Gulf Stream enable Oceana to perform when other East Coast airfields cannot. Additionally, NAS Oceana serves as an emergency-landing site for space shuttle launches and aborts. In 63 years, Oceana has grown to more than 16 times its original size. Today it is a complex of over 5,916 acres, with over 10,500 Navy personnel and civilian employees.

With the combination of such high performance complex jets as the F/A-18 Hornet and F/A 18 Super Hornet, Oceana has become the world's most advanced Naval Air Station.

Oceana is home to Commander, Strike Fighter Wing, Atlantic, the F/A-18 Fleet Replacement Squadron, 16 tactical squadrons, and Fleet Composite Squadron 12 (VFC-12), which provides air combat maneuvering training services for fleet and FRS squadrons with the F/A-18 Hornet.

GROUND ELECTRONICS
MAINTENANCE DIVISION (GEMD)
Welcome to Blackshoe country! GEMD is manned by 30 of the finest military and civilian Electronic Technicians in the Fleet. GEMD is responsible for maintenance on Radar and Communication systems used at NAS Oceana and NALF Fentress. They also maintain the Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) systems for Oceana and Fentress, and all handheld and base station radios used by tenant squadrons. When not performing preventive or corrective maintenance on equipment, GEMD personnel are active in the community with mentoring programs such as Virginia Beach Little League (VBLL), Partnership in Education with local schools, sporting events or pursuing higher educational goals.

NAS OCEANA AIR DET NORFOLK
Air Operations Department, Chambers Field, located at Naval Station Norfolk, provides and operates airfield and heliport facilities, repairs and maintains ground electronics equipment, provides aircraft and flight crews to support Naval Air Logistics Office tasking, and provides communications and classified material handling. For information, call 322-3429.

Administration provides general administrative services to military and civilian in the detachment. The division has a budgeting function and administers approved funding allocations for materials for the department.

Air Traffic Control (ATC) provides services for air traffic operations within assigned airspace. The ATC facility operates Chambers Field and heliport control towers, the Ground Controlled Approach (GCA) RADAR Air Traffic Control Facility and Flight Planning Branch. They also coordinate Air Traffic Control with the FAA.

Airfield Management provides and maintains runways, taxiways, ramps, lighting and other facilities and systems for the airport. They also ensure that all distinguished visitor updates are properly distributed and that they are accorded courtesies commensurate with their rank and/or title.

Communications is responsible for preparation, processing and dissemination of naval messages. Communications also conducts liaison with NCTAMSLANT and other commands to ensure the currency of message-processing hardware/software.

Air Det's C-12 Division operates three UC-12 aircraft in support of U.S. Transportation Command's Joint Operational Support Airlift Center for CONUS missions. The Naval Air Logistic Office tasks Navy aircraft for mission OCONUS, i.e. the Caribbean and Canada. Additionally, the division is the east coast UC-12 Evaluation unit for three airlift units. Ground Electronics is responsible for the corrective and preventive maintenance for Radar, Navigational Aids and Communications Equipment for both NGU and NHU airfields (co-located at Chambers Field) as well as providing alarms support for the AOC Sewell's Point Weapons compound.

Transient Line is in charge of ground handling and flight line servicing of transient/station aircraft. This division effects recovery and salvage of crashed or damaged aircraft, conducts airfield cleaning and maintains airfield emergency arresting gear systems and salvage equipment. It also supports and tracks financial requirements for field arresting gear and Optical Landing Systems.

NAVAL AUXILIARY LANDING
FIELD (NALF) FENTRESS
NALF Fentress, a 3,500-acre facility located 13 miles from NAS Oceana in Chesapeake, Va., is an auxiliary landing field (airport) under the operational control of NAS Oceana. Staffed by a crew of 40 enlisted personnel under the direction of an Officer-in-Charge, it is used as a primary training facility for field carrier landing practice by units based in the area. Aircraft utilizing this airfield include F/A-18 Super Hornets, E-2 Hawkeyes, CH-46 Sea Knights, CH 53E Super Stallion and C-2 Greyhounds. Average number of operations range from 80,000 to 100,000 annually. Not only is NALF Fentress a training site for operational units, it also provides a training ground for numerous military activities for Navy Seal Teams, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Units, Marine Anti-Terrorism Group, Air Force Continuing Medical Readiness Training, and emergency vehicle operator course for Tidewater Naval Commands and Naval Security Command. In addition, NALF hosts many civilian activities such as Tidewater Radio Control Flying Club meets, Tidewater Auto Sports Club competitions, Boy Scout camping, practice sessions for the Chesapeake Select Soccer Club and Virginia Storm Triple A League, and it provides evasive driving training sites for local enforcement agencies.

FLEET AREA CONTROL AND SURVEILLANCE FACILITY, VIRGINIA CAPES
Commissioned Oct. 1, 1977, Fleet Area Control and Surveillance Facility, Virginia Capes (FACSFAC VACAPES) is one of five Naval Facilities designated to coordinate Department of Defense (DoD) use of special-use airspace and offshore warning areas. The command provides surveillance, instrumentation and functional area support services that include scheduling, prioritizing, monitoring and controlling DoD air, surface and sub-surface units operating in offshore Operating Areas (OPAREAs) from Narragansett Bay Massachusetts OPAREA southward to the Cherry Point OPAREA off the North Carolina coast. FACSFAC VACAPES is designated as the sole schedulers for the Atlantic Fleet Commercial Air Services (CAS) assets. The CAS program fulfills Fleet Integrated Training, Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF), and critical USN/USMC turnaround training requirements that can be more efficiently satisfied through the employment of commercial resources in place of indigenous U.S. Navy resources. FACSFAC VACAPES also schedules inland aircraft target ranges, military training routes, provides air intercept control services, schedules, coordinates and provides range control for surface and airborne missile firing exercises, and supports Commander Second Fleet, Commander Strike Force Training Atlantic, and associated opposition forces for major Joint exercises, Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), and Fleet exercises for Commander United States Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFLTFORCOM) assets. The command is also the Regional Airspace Coordinator (RAC) for Department of the Navy (DON) activities and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As a certified Air Traffic Control Facility, FACSFAC VACAPES provides Air Traffic Control (ATC) services in over 112,000 square miles of warning area airspace through direct interface with military and FAA air traffic control facilities.

NAVY MUNITIONS COMMAND CONUS EAST DIVISION (CED) DETACHMENT, OCEANA
Navy Munitions Command CED Det Oceana is responsible for the security, inventory and accountability of all ammunition and explosives aboard Naval Air Station Oceana. Navy Munitions Command CED Det Oceana maintains explosives magazines and ready service stowage areas on a 225-acre weapons site. Its functions include storage, issue/receipt and assembly of airborne weapons in support of Carrier Air Wings, DoD activities, CNO special projects and foreign service detachments hosted at Naval Air Station Oceana. Navy Munitions Command CED Det Oceana coordinates pyrotechnics at all air shows aboard NAS Oceana.

BASE FIRE DEPARTMENT—FIRE DISTRICT 3
Fire District 3 of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Emergency Services, maintains base fire and emergency services. Our mission is education, prevention and protection for the NAS Oceana, Dam Neck and Fentress communities. This is accomplished by providing a wide range of emergency services. These services include inspections, public education, disaster mitigation, emergency medical assistance, as well as fire suppression for all personnel and assets.

IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY,
DIAL 433-9111
Emergency Services Operations - Non-Emergency 433-2043/2841
Fire Prevention/ Inspection Inquiries 433-2407

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
NAS Oceana's Public Works Department provides the full range of NAVFAC facility and environmental products and services to the installation. The Facilities Management Division (FMD) is responsible for providing long range planning for maintenance and budgeting of real property, coordination of all real estate actions, Space Management, Site approvals, special projects and Military Construction (MILCON) planning, work input/control, as well as providing client interface through designated Facility Management Specialists (FMS's). The Facilities and Acquisition Division (FEAD) is responsible for all construction project management and engineering, acquisition/contracting support, and facility support contract management which includes grounds maintenance, janitorial and refuse services. The Production division is home to all in-house technicians and is responsible for all facilities maintenance to include emergency and routine service calls, preventative maintenance inspections and minor work projects. They are also responsible for Utilities and Energy Management as well as all transportation requirements. The Environmental Division manages environmental compliance, pollution abatement and natural resources management.

REGIONAL SUPPLY OFFICE—OCEANA
The Regional Supply Office—Oceana performs all the retail supply functions. The Aviation Support Detachment provides logistics support to 18 F/A-18 squadrons, Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic and the Navy's largest Fleet Readiness Center Detachment. The Fuels Division operates a bulk petroleum complex, a cryogenics plant and high speed refueling facilities.

CENTER FOR NAVAL
AVIATION TECHNICAL TRAINING UNIT
The Commanding Officer, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training (CNATT) serves as a direct link between the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) and the fleet, providing aviation weapons system training to air wing, squadron, ship and station personnel. Its mission is to provide specialized technical training for enlisted and officer personnel in the maintenance and repair of aircraft and associated support equipment training, and to conduct such other training as the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) may direct. The mission is accomplished through 17 Naval Aviation Technical Training Units and Detachments located throughout the United States and Japan. CNATT has headquarters at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla.

Most units and detachments specialize in teaching particular Type/Model/Series aircraft including all systems such as fuel, armament, airframes, avionics, power plants, hydraulics, electrical and safety equipment. Other training sites are organized to teach aviation support equipment programs. Approximately 65,000 students, including personnel from all branches of the military, as well as civilians and foreign nationals, receive training from CNATT annually with over 950 separate courses offered.

In June 2004, Naval Air Maintenance Training Group Detachment, Oceana was renamed as the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, Oceana. The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, Oceana, currently provides curricula for courses in advanced technical training for the F-18 Hornet and Super Hornet, Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) and other various Automated Test Equipment and aircraft maintenance training courses. A variety of Maintenance Training Units (MTU's) provide diversified training for students, including:

MTU 1039
MTU 1039 provides maintenance-training support for F/A-18 models A through D squadrons for both Navy and Marine Corp personnel. Additionally, MTU 1039 provides training for Senior Enlisted and Officers who are new to the Hornet community by teaching a familiarization course of the aircraft. The Senior Enlisted Aviation Maintenance course is also available for E-7 and above, which introduces prospective Maintenance and Production Control Chief Petty Officers to an in-depth introduction on all the work centers within the aviation commands.

MTU 1041
MTU 1041 provides maintenance training support for the Navy's newest Strike Fighter the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet for both Navy and Marine Corp personnel. Six state of the art maintenance training suites have been incorporated into the training, providing students with real time training in a safe environment. MTU 1041's advanced training environment continues to ensure the most efficient and up-to-date training is provided to the Fleet.

MTU 3010 (CASS)
MTU 3010 (CASS) provides practical and advanced technical training for all Intermediate Level maintenance on the aircraft systems for Navy and Marine Corp personnel. I-Level courses prepare maintenance technicians for a variety of assignments in aviation intermediate maintenance work centers ranging from the repair and operation of Automatic Test Equipment, manufacturing and repair of hydraulic and composite/sheet metal structural components, testing and repair of aircraft instruments and the complete overhaul of jet engines.

MARINE AVIATION TRAINING
SUPPORT GROUP THIRTY THREE
Commencing in January 1982, Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel were assigned to Light Attack Wing One (Claw One). These Marines performed duties as members of the F/A 18 Fleet Introduction Team and were administratively joined on the rolls of Marine Barracks, Cecil Field. During fiscal year (FY) 84, approximately 195 Marines of all grades were assigned permanently to units at NAS Cecil Field. In subsequent years this number increased due to the number of Marines TAD undergoing instruction with Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106). During the BRAC board of 1993, it was determined that VFA-106, Naval Aviation Maintenance Group Detachment and MATSG would be reassigned to NAS Oceana upon the closure of NAS Cecil Field.

On May 4, 2000, the Commanding General of Marine Corps Combat Development Command released a message redesignating all MATSGs to incorporate appropriate honors and history of Marine Aircraft Groups. Hence, MATSG, NAS Cecil Field, was redesignated as MATSG-33 upon the reassignment to NAS Oceana, taking on the history of MAG-33.

On July 1, 2006, the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CDI) released a message realigning all MATSGs to fall under the Commanding General, Training Command, part of Training and Education Command.  read more...

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