Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
Encyclopedia
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 the 159th Fighter Wing
as well as other naval activities. 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. The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the current location
of the University of New Orleans'
principal campus until 1957.
s with PEM surfaces: 4/22 is 9,999 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m) and 14/32 is 6,000 by 200 feet (1,829 x 61 m).
Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Belle Chasse is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Belle Chasse is part of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area. The population was 9,848 at the 2000 census....
, unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Plaquemines Parish
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish is the parish with the most combined land and water area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Pointe à la Hache...
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to the 159th Fighter Wing
159th Fighter Wing
The United States Air Force's 159th Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard fighter unit located at NAS New Orleans, Louisiana.-Mission:The mission of the 159th Fighter Wing is to:* Provide mission-ready, deployable forces...
as well as other naval activities. It contains a military airport known as Alvin Callender Field which is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of New Orleans. The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the current location
Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks, New Orleans
Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the city's Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Lake Pontchartrain to the north, the Industrial Canal to the east, Leon C. Simon Drive, Elysian Fields Avenue, New...
of the University of New Orleans'
University of New Orleans
The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized public urban university located on the New Orleans Lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is a member of the LSU System and the Urban 13 association. Currently UNO is without a proper chancellor...
principal campus until 1957.
Current occupants
- HMLA-773HMLA-773Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 is a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopters and UH-1N Huey utility helicopters. The squadron is based at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia and falls under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 49 ...
- VMR Belle Chase
- Strike Fighter Squadron 204VFA-204Strike Fighter Squadron 204 , also known as the "River Rattlers", is a Strike Fighter Squadron flying the F/A-18A+ and is based out of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans. They are part of the United States Navy Reserve Tactical Support Wing...
(VFA-204) - VAW-77VAW-77The Nightwolves of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 77 based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, comprise the U.S. Navy's only fully dedicated counter-narcotics squadron. VAW-77's beginnings go back to 1995, when the U.S. Congress created the reserve squadron as a result of...
- 159th Fighter Wing159th Fighter WingThe United States Air Force's 159th Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard fighter unit located at NAS New Orleans, Louisiana.-Mission:The mission of the 159th Fighter Wing is to:* Provide mission-ready, deployable forces...
(159 FW), Louisiana Air National GuardAir National GuardThe Air National Guard , often referred to as the Air Guard, is the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. Established under Title 10 and... - Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54)
- Coast Guard Air Station New OrleansCoast Guard Air Station New OrleansCoast 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...
- NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans
- 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines3rd Battalion 23rd Marines3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout the Southern United States consisting of approximately 800 Marines and Sailors. The battalion is headquartered in Belle Chase, Louisiana with outlying units throughout the...
- Navy Operational Support Center New Orleans
- 377th Theater Support Command
- FRC Mid-Atlantic Site New Orleans
- Region Legal Service Office Southeast Det New Orleans
- Civil Air Patrol, SWR-LA-086
Previous occupants
- VP-94VP-94The VP-94 "Crawfishers" was a U.S. Navy Reserve P-2 Neptune and P-3 Orion antisubmarine warfare and maritime patrol squadron based at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana....
- VC-13 (redesignated VFC-13VFC-13Fighter Squadron Composite 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.-History:...
) - Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
- Marine Aircraft Group 42Marine Aircraft Group 42Marine 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 in 2008.-History:...
- 926th Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve CommandAir Force Reserve CommandThe Air Force Reserve Command is a major command of the U.S. Air Force with its headquarters at Robins AFB, Georgia.It stood up as a major command of the Air Force on 17 February 1997....
) - U.S. Customs Service air operations
Facilities
New Orleans NAS JRB (Alvin Callender Field) has two runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
s with PEM surfaces: 4/22 is 9,999 by 200 feet (3,048 x 61 m) and 14/32 is 6,000 by 200 feet (1,829 x 61 m).
External links
- NAS JRB New Orleans
- NAS JRB New Orleans at GlobalSecurity.orgGlobalSecurity.orgGlobalSecurity.org, launched in 2000, is a public policy organization focusing on the fields of defense, space exploration, intelligence, weapons of mass destruction and homeland security...
- New Orleans NAS Joint Reserve Base - Belle Chasse, LA at TheMilitaryZone.com
- Aerial photo as of 23 February 1998 from USGS The National Map