The Air Operations Department operates the airfield and provides services to support operations of activity, tenant, and transiting aircraft; provides firefighting functions, both structural and fire and rescue; provides air traffic control; operates the air terminal; schedules administrative and proficiency flights; repairs and maintains station ground electronics equipment; stores, maintains, and issues assigned ordnance and munitions; operates firing and aerial target ranges, bombing ranges, and Navy Auxiliary Landing Field (NALF) Orange Grove.
The Air Operations is comprised of six divisions: Air Traffic Control; Ground Electronics; Field Support; Weather; NALF Orange Grove, and the McMullen Target Range located in Freer, Texas. Air Ops also includes the command BASH program and Community Planning.
