Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in
Belle Chasse,
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Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish (; French: ''Paroisse de Plaquemine'', Louisiana French: ''Paroisse des Plaquemines'', es, Parroquia de Caquis) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 23,515 at the 2020 census, the paris ...
,
Louisiana
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,
United States
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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 Co ...
(159 FW) of the
Louisiana Air National Guard,
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
24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's
NORAD
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...
air sovereignty/
homeland defense
Homeland defense (HD) is the protection of a territory, sovereignty, domestic population, and critical infrastructure against external threats and aggression. (Definition will be incorporated into JP 3-26Definition deferred to ''Homeland Defense, J ...
requirements and for
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue
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/
maritime law enforcement/
port security
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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
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of
.
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),
U.S. Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Se ...
, operating
F/A-18 Hornet
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fighter-attack aircraft
*
VMR Belle Chase
*
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 Co ...
(159 FW),
Louisiana Air National Guard, operating
F-15C/D Eagle fighter aircraft
*Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54),
U.S. Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Se ...
, operating
C-130T Hercules transport aircraft
*Detachment A,
Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-773),
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES or MFR), also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) and the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, is the reserve force of the United States Marine Corps. It is the largest command, by assigned pe ...
, operating
UH-1Y "Super Huey" utility helicopters &
AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopters
*
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, 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
*
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines
*
Navy Operational Support Center New Orleans
*
377th Theater Sustainment Command
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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
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USMEPCOM does ...
(a.k.a. MEPS), New Orleans
Previous occupants
*
VAW-77 "Nightwolves", U.S. Navy Reserve, which was the Navy's only aerial
counter-narcotics
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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 "Crawfishers", U.S. Navy Reserve, an
anti-submarine warfare
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/
maritime patrol {{Unreferenced, date=March 2008
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unit that flew the
P-3 Orion
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*VC-13, U.S. Navy Reserve, a fleet adversary unit flying the
A-4 Skyhawk
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; relocated to
NAS Miramar, 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 ad ...
and relocated to
NAS Fallon
Naval Air Station Fallon or NAS Fallon is the United States Navy's premier air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility. It is located southeast of the city of Fallon, east of Reno in western Nevada. Since 1996, it has been home to the U.S. Na ...
, NV) flying the
F-5 Tiger II)
*Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
*
Marine Aircraft Group 42
Marine Aircraft Group 42 was a United States Marine Corps reserve aviation unit based at Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia. Due to a re-organization within Marine aviation, MAG-42 was deactivated on 21 June 2008.
History
Marine Aircraft Group ...
*
926th Fighter Wing (
Air Force Reserve Command
The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commis ...
), which flew the
A-10 Thunderbolt II
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF). In service since 1976, it is named for the Republic ...
; relocated to
Nellis AFB
Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in " Military O ...
, NV and re-designated as the
926th Wing
The 926th Wing is an Air Reserve Component of the United States Air Force. It is assigned to the Tenth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
The unit is a composite organization consisting of two Ope ...
, an Associate unit to the
USAF Warfare Center
*
U.S. Customs Service
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air operations
*
Civil Air Patrol
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, SWR-LA-086
Facilities
NAS JRB New Orleans (Alvin Callender Field) has two
runway
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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
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...
(
New Orleans Station CDP) in the 2020 census.
See also
*
List of United States Navy airfields
References
External links
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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