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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 159th Fighter Wing, nicknamed "The Bayou Militia," is an Air National Guard F-15C Eagle fighter unit located at NAS JRB New Orleans, Louisiana. The 159th Fighter Wing is tasked with providing air superiority over Louisiana and the Gulf Coast while supporting USNORTHCOM and NORAD. [1]
The squadron is based out of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, and is part of the U.S. Navy Reserve's Tactical Support Wing. Their radio callsign is "River" [citation needed] and their tail code is "AF". [2]
Louisiana Air National Guard Headquarters, Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base (NAS-JRB), 2700 Bellechasse Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119: Nickname(s) Bayou Militia: Commanders; Civilian leadership: President Joe Biden (Commander-in-Chief) Frank Kendall III (Secretary of the Air Force) Governor Jeff Landry (Governor of the State of ...
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans: Alvin Callender Field Belle Chasse: Louisiana: N/A Navy Region Southeast [16] Naval Air Station North Island: Halsey Field San Diego: California: Naval Base Coronado: Navy Region Southwest [17] Naval Air Station Oceana: Apollo Soucek Field Virginia Beach: Virginia: N/A Navy Region Mid-Atlantic [18]
Belle Chasse is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. The population was 10,579 at the 2020 United States census. [2] Belle Chasse is the largest community in Plaquemines Parish. It is home to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, a Naval Air Station for the U.S. Navy Reserve. [3]
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Tactical Support Wing (Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas) VFC-12 (Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia) VFC-13 (Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada) VFC-111 (Naval Air Station Key West, Florida) VFC-204 (Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana) VAQ-209 (Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington)