Welcome to the Navy Longhorns Site


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Because of their demanding Search and Rescue mission requirements, the Navy Longhorns of Naval Air Station Fallon must form a close knit team. It is vital that everyone flying in the HH-1N Huey performs as one unit.

Stationed one and a half-hours east of Lake Tahoe, in Fallon, Nevada and in close proximity to the Sierra Mountain range, with its prime hiking and skiing areas, the Longhorns keep extremely busy with flying that would send some Search and Rescue teams packing. In 2000, the Longhorns' performance included 26 rescues ranging from a lost 60-year-old hiker with a broken femur to a 22-year-old snowboarder who fell 800 feet down a crevasse.

About the Aircraft

The U.S. Navy services HH-1 utility helicopters for their Base's Primary Search and Rescue Mission.  The UH-1 is manufactured by  Bell Textron. It is capable of operating from prepared or unprepared takeoff or landing areas under VFR (Visual Flight Rules) or IFR (Instrument Flight Rules), day or night.

Power plant: 2 T400 CP-400 Turbo shaft engines rated at 1800 SHP

Length: 57' 33"

Width: 48'

Max. Altitude: 15,000'

Max Weight: 10,500 lbs

Fuel: 195.5 gallons

Mission: To provide helicopter Search and Rescue (SAR) services for military operations in Northwest Nevada, specifically, NAS Fallon.

Under the National SAR Plan the Longhorns have a secondary responsibility of providing helicopter SAR services to civilian agencies when the service does not interfere with the unit's primary mission.

This is NOT an official Navy web site. This is an independent site developed to provide information only. All opinions and statements are exclusively those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Department of Defense or the United States Navy. Although extreme care has been made to ensure accuracy, the authors do not assume any liability nor responsibility for any impact reliance on information provided in this web site.