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

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. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve

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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, it is gained by the United States Air Force Air Combat ...

(159 FW) of the Louisiana Air National Guard,

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 ...

, 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

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requirements and for

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missions. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field which is located about six nautical miles (12 km) south of the

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., effective 2009-07-02. 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

* Fighter Squadron Composite 204 (VFC-204),

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, operating F-5N/F Tiger II fighter-attack aircraft * VMR Belle Chase *

(159 FW), Louisiana Air National Guard, operating

F-15C/D Eagle The McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle is an American twin-engine, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by McDonnell Douglas (now part of Boeing). Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force (USAF) selected McDonnell Douglas's desi ...

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

, operating C-130T Hercules 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 The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engined attack helicopter that was developed on behalf of, and primarily operated by, the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The twin Cobra family, itself part of the larger Huey family, includes the AH-1J S ...

attack helicopters *

, operating

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helicopters * NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans *

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* Navy Reserve Center 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 The Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye is an American all-weather, carrier-capable tactical airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. This twin-turboprop aircraft was designed and developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s by the Grumman Aircraft ...

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 firs ...

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

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations ar ...

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unit that flew the

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*VC-13, U.S. Navy Reserve, a fleet adversary unit flying the

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; relocated to

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, CA (redesignated

VFC-13 Fighter Squadron Composite 13 (VFC-13), also known as the "Fighting Saints", is a fighter squadron of the United States Navy Reserve that provides adversary training at NAS Fallon, Nevada. VFC-13 uses "Bogey" as its main radio callsign. Mis ...

and relocated to

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, NV) flying the

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) *Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B *

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(

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), 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 *

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air operations *

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, 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

New Orleans Station is a

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(CDP) covering the residential population of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in

. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 2,508.

2020 census

Education

The base has a

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, Belle Chasse Academy. - The website is a .mil The school opened on September 5, 2002. The entire parish is in the

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school district.
Text list
- The map shows there are no incorporated places in the parish. The school district schools in Belle Chasse are where the base is assigned to.

Belle Chasse High School Belle Chasse High School (BCHS) is a grade 9–12 senior high school in Belle Chasse, an unincorporated area in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a part of the Plaquemines Parish School Board. The current school facility has ...

is the Belle Chasse area high school.

References

External links

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