Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
Census-designated place in Louisiana, United States
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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.[2] NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve aggressor 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 and 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 about six nautical miles (12 km) south of the central business district of New Orleans.[3] 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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| Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans | |||||||||
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Alvin Callender Field | |||||||||
| Belle Chasse, Louisiana in the United States | |||||||||
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| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Navy | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Navy Region Southeast | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
  NAS JRB New Orleans  NAS JRB New Orleans  NAS JRB New Orleans | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°49′31″N 090°02′06″W | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | August 1954 – December 1957 (as NAS New Orleans) | ||||||||
| In use | 13 December 1957 – present | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Captain Lena Kaman | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: NBG, ICAO: KNBG, FAA LID: NBG, WMO: 722316 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 0.64 metres (2 ft 1 in) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Occupants
Current occupants
- Fighter Squadron Composite 204 (VFC-204), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating F-5N/F Tiger II 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[4]
- Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-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-60T Jayhawk helicopters[5]
- NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans
- 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines
- Navy Reserve Center New Orleans
- 377th Theater Sustainment Command
- 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[6]
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
- VP-94 "Crawfishers", U.S. Navy Reserve, an anti-submarine warfare/maritime patrol unit that flew the P-3 Orion
- VC-13, U.S. Navy Reserve, a fleet adversary unit flying the A-4 Skyhawk; relocated to NAS Miramar, CA (redesignated VFC-13 and relocated to NAS Fallon, NV) flying the F-5 Tiger II)
- Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
- Marine Aircraft Group 42
- 926th Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command), which flew the A-10 Thunderbolt II; relocated to Nellis AFB, NV and re-designated as the 926th Wing, an Associate unit to the USAF Warfare Center
- U.S. Customs Service air operations
- Civil Air Patrol, SWR-LA-086
Facilities
Demographics
New Orleans Station CDP | |
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 Interactive map of New Orleans Station CDP | |
| Coordinates: 29°49′53″N 90°01′16″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Plaquemines |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,508 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2804360[7] |
New Orleans Station is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.[8] It was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.[9]
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[11] | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 1,161 | 46.29% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 587 | 23.41% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 19 | 0.76% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 90 | 3.59% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 17 | 0.68% |
| Other Race alone (NH) | 22 | 0.88% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 159 | 6.34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 453 | 18.06% |
| Total | 2,508 | 100.00% |
It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 2,508.[12]
Education
The base has a charter K-8 school, Belle Chasse Academy.[13] The school opened on September 5, 2002.[14]
The entire parish is in the Plaquemines Parish School Board school district.[15] The school district schools in Belle Chasse are where the base is assigned to.[13] Belle Chasse High School is the Belle Chasse area high school.
