Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans

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, USCG Air Station New Orleans, a Marine Corps Reserve unit as well as other US Navy & US Army activities. The base has a 24/7 operating schedule to support both the 159th FW's NORAD air defense/homeland security requirements and for Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans search and rescue/maritime law enforcement 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 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.

Current occupants

 * HMLA-773
 * VMR Belle Chase
 * Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204)
 * VAW-77
 * 159th Fighter Wing (159 FW), Louisiana Air National Guard
 * Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54)
 * Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans
 * NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans
 * 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines
 * 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
 * Navy Air Logistics Office

Previous occupants

 * VP-94
 * VC-13 (redesignated VFC-13)
 * Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
 * Marine Aircraft Group 42
 * 926th Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command)
 * U.S. Customs Service air operations



Facilities
New Orleans NAS JRB (Alvin Callender Field) has two runways 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).