Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve strike fighter squadron and a fleet logistics support squadron, the 159th Fighter Wing (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 & US Army activities. The base has a 24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159 FW's NORAD air sovereignty/homeland defense requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue/maritime law enforcement/port security missions. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field (IATA: NBG, ICAO: KNBG, FAA LID: NBG) which is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district 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.
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Occupants
Current occupants
- Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating F/A-18 Hornet fighter-attack aircraft
- VMR Belle Chase
- 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW), Louisiana Air National Guard, operating F-15C/D Eagle fighter aircraft
- Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating C-130T Hercules transport aircraft
- Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, operating UH-1Y "Super Huey" utility helicopters & AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopters
- Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, operating MH-65C Dolphin helicopters
- NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans
- 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines
- Navy Operational Support Center New Orleans
- 377th Theater Sustainment Command
- FRC Mid-Atlantic Site New Orleans
- Region Legal Service Office Southeast Det New Orleans
- Civil Air Patrol, SWR-LA-086
- Navy Air Logistics Office
Previous occupants
- VAW-77 "Nightwolves", which was the Navy's only aerial counter-narcotics unit, and flew the E-2 Hawkeye
- VP-94 "Crawfishers", an anti-submarine warfare/maritime patrol unit that flew the P-3 Orion
- VC-13 (redesignated VFC-13)
- Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
- Marine Aircraft Group 42
- 926th Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command), which flew the A-10 Thunderbolt II
- U.S. Customs Service air operations
Facilities
NAS JRB New Orleans (Alvin Callender Field) has two runways 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).
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