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NAS New Orleans in the 1940s, located on the present-day main campus of the University of New Orleans VAW-77 "Nightwolves", U.S. Navy Reserve, which was the Navy's only aerial counter-narcotics unit, and flew the E-2 Hawkeye
In June 1966, the New Orleans Army Base transferred to the U.S. Navy. July 1966 saw the disestablishment of the Headquarters, Support Activity and the establishment of Naval Support Activity New Orleans to reflect the changing mission of the station. With this change in mission and designation, both sides of the river began serving as the Naval ...
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]
In March 1978, the squadron moved from NAS Memphis to NAS New Orleans and began receiving A-7B Corsair II aircraft. In 1979 the squadron deployed to MCAS Yuma, Arizona, NAS Fallon, Nevada, and embarked on USS Independence.
Stationed at: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans Gained by: Air Combat Command The Louisiana ANG's flying unit, the 122nd Fighter Squadron, is nicknamed the "Bayou Militia" and operationally-gained by the Air Combat Command (ACC). Previously nicknamed the "Cajun Militia", and before that the "Coonass Militia."
This is a list of airfields operated by the United States Navy which are located within the United States and abroad. The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a support role.
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The previous squadron designated VR-54 was also based at NAS/JRB New Orleans from 1 October 1972, to 28 February 1981, and flew the C-118 Liftmaster transport aircraft; a military designation of the McDonnell Douglas DC-6. The squadron had a permanent detachment at NAS Atlanta as well.