Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans
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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 three nautical miles (6 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.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans | |||||||||
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Alvin Callender Field | |||||||||
Belle Chasse, Louisiana in the United States | |||||||||
Coordinates | 29°49′31″N 090°02′06″W | ||||||||
Type | Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base | ||||||||
Site information | |||||||||
Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
Operator | US Navy | ||||||||
Controlled by | Navy Region Southeast | ||||||||
Condition | Operational | ||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||
Site history | |||||||||
Built | August 1954 – December 1957 (1957) (as NAS New Orleans) | ||||||||
In use | 13 December 1957 – present | ||||||||
Garrison information | |||||||||
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] |