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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove or NASJRB Willow Grove (IATA: NXX, ICAO: KNXX, FAA LID: NXX) was a Naval Air Station owned by the U.S. Navy and located in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States [3] four miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Willow Grove, [2] which is north of Philadelphia.
In September 1968 the group moved from Willow Grove to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware [6] and became a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter associate organization of the active duty 436th Military Airlift Wing as the 912th Military Airlift Group. Its crews and maintenance personnel flew and maintained the 436th's Starlifters.
The Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum in Horsham, Pennsylvania is a museum dedicated to preserving the aviation history of the Greater Delaware Valley including NAS Willow Grove and Harold F. Pitcairn. It is owned and operated by the Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association (DVHAA), a non-profit organization.
1 November 1970: VP-66 was established at NAS Willow Grove, as a naval reserve patrol squadron flying the SP-2H Neptune. The squadron was formed from VP-62R1-R3, VP-18R4, VP-44R5 and VP-16R6 after the closure of the facility at NARTC New York, N.Y.
12 January USMC Douglas A-4M Skyhawk, 158149, of VMA-131, crashes on approach to NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, after an engine fire, coming down in Upper Moreland Township, impacting in an intersection, debris tearing off roof of an auto-leasing business, destroying four autos, and damaging six houses, but no injuries on the ground.
NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania 1981–1988 Assigned to 111th Tactical Air Support Group, Willow Grove Air Reserve Station: 104th Tactical Fighter Squadron (MD) Martin State Airport, Maryland 1970–1979 Assigned to 175th Tactical Fighter Wing: 138th Tactical Fighter Squadron (NY) Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, New York 1970–1979
As a result, the 913th Troop Carrier Group was established at Willow Grove Naval Air Station, Pennsylvania on 11 February 1963, [2] as the headquarters for the 327th Troop Carrier Squadron, which had been stationed there since July 1958. [6]
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