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, unincorporated

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

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(159 FW) of the

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, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, a detachment of a Marine Corps Reserve 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

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air sovereignty/

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requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans

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

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

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fighter-attack aircraft *

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(159 FW),

, operating F-15C/D Eagle fighter aircraft *Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54),

, operating

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transport aircraft *Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-773),

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, operating UH-1Y "Super Huey" utility helicopters &

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attack helicopters * Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, operating MH-65C Dolphin helicopters * NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans *

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* Navy Operational Support Center New Orleans *

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*Region Legal Service Office Southeast Det New Orleans
Navy Air Logistics Office
*

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(a.k.a. MEPS), New Orleans

Previous occupants

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"Nightwolves", U.S. Navy Reserve, which was the Navy's only aerial

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unit, and flew the

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* VP-94 "Crawfishers", U.S. Navy Reserve, an anti-submarine warfare/ maritime patrol unit that flew the

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