Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse,

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. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve strike fighter squadron and a fleet logistics support squadron, the

159th Fighter Wing The 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW) is a unit of the Louisiana Air National Guard, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana. If activated to federal service, the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Air C ...

(159 FW) of the

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Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans is a United States Coast Guard Air Station located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. Operations and missions Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) New Orleans support ...

, a detachment of a

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light helicopter attack squadron, as well as other US Navy and US Army activities. The base has a

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operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's NORAD

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requirements and for

search and rescue/ maritime law enforcement/

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missions. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field which is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the

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of the University of New Orleans's principal campus until 1957.

Occupants

Current occupants

* Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204),

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, operating F/A-18 Hornet fighter-attack aircraft * VMR Belle Chase *

(159 FW),

, operating

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fighter aircraft *Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54),

, operating

C-130T Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally desig ...

transport aircraft *Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-773), U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, operating

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"Super Huey" utility helicopters & AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopters *

, operating

MH-65C Dolphin The Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin is a twin-engined helicopter operated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) for medevac-capable search and rescue (SAR) and armed Airborne Use of Force missions. It is a variant of the French-built Eurocopter A ...

helicopters * NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans *

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* FRC Mid-Atlantic Site New Orleans *Region Legal Service Office Southeast Det New Orleans
Navy Air Logistics Office
* Military Entrance Processing Station (a.k.a. MEPS), New Orleans

Previous occupants

* VAW-77 "Nightwolves", U.S. Navy Reserve, which was the Navy's only aerial counter-narcotics unit, and flew the E-2 Hawkeye *

VP-94 VP-94 ''Crawfishers'' was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy Reserve. Originally established on 1 November 1970 at NAS Belle Chase, Louisiana, it was disestablished in September 2006. It was the second squadron to be designated VP-94, the first ...

"Crawfishers", U.S. Navy Reserve, an

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unit that flew the P-3 Orion *VC-13, U.S. Navy Reserve, a fleet adversary unit flying the

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; relocated to

NAS Miramar Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) , formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the avi ...

, CA (redesignated

VFC-13 Fighter Squadron Composite (VFC-13) ''Fighting Saints'' is a US Navy fighter squadron that provides adversary training for U.S. Navy air wings at NAS Fallon, Nevada. VFC-13 uses "Bogey" as its main radio callsign. Mission VFC-13 provides adv ...

and relocated to

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, NV) flying the

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) *Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B * Marine Aircraft Group 42 * 926th Fighter Wing ( Air Force Reserve Command), which flew the

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; relocated to

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, NV and re-designated as the 926th Wing, an Associate unit to the USAF Warfare Center * U.S. Customs Service air operations * Civil Air Patrol, SWR-LA-086

Facilities

NAS JRB New Orleans (Alvin Callender Field) has two

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s with PEM surfaces: 4/22 is 9,999 by 200 feet (3,048 × 61 m) and 14/32 is 6,000 by 200 feet (1,829 × 61 m).

Demographics

It was named a

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( New Orleans Station CDP) in the 2020 census.

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* * * {{LAMilitary, state=collapsed New Orleans, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Airports in Louisiana Buildings and structures in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Installations of the United States Air National Guard Military installations in Louisiana Transportation in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Airports in New Orleans Transportation in the New Orleans metropolitan area Airports in the New Orleans metropolitan area 1958 establishments in Louisiana Military installations established in 1958

Occupants

Current occupants

Previous occupants

Facilities

Demographics

See also

References

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