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 Naval Air Station
Joint Reserve Base
New Orleans
Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) New Orleans, is one of the more unusual military air facilities in the United States. It is the first in the country that was planned, built and now functions as a Joint Air Reserve Training Center.
The primary mission of NAS JRB New Orleans is the training of Naval Reservists and the operational, logistical, and fiscal support for tenant commands and transient aircraft on a 24-hour basis. The base also serves as a platform for assistance with homeland security air defense through the Louisiana Air National Guard as well as search and rescue efforts for much of the gulf coast by the USCG Air Station.
NAS JRB also provides aviation intermediate maintenance, supply, comptrollership and personnel support facilities for Navy and Naval Reserve personnel and has for more than 60 years.
The base will be celebrating its 50th anniversary for its current location in April 2008, and even though it has an impressive history, the last five years have been some of the most memorable. The year 2002 was a banner one for the base as NAS JRB was recognized as the Navy’s most outstanding military shore installation, and received the Conway Trophy for Base Installation Excellence. Also in 2002, Belle Chasse Academy, the first charter school on a military installation, opened and the number of on-base houses tripled in number with the completion of a Public-Private Venture housing project, one of the first in the country.
In 2003 and again in 2005, NAS JRB was nominated by Navy Region South to be their representative for the Secretary of Defense Shore Installation Excellence Awards given to the best military base of all the branches of Services.
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the central Gulf Coast area on August 29, 2005, NAS JRB became the center of the Department of Defense rescue and recovery efforts. During the first ten days following the storm, more than 10,000 military personnel and relief workers were airlifted in NAS JRB along with in excess of 18 million pounds of relief supplies. NAS JRB, with the only operating runways in New Orleans, became the primary search and rescue airfield for flights that saved over 10,000 lives in the New Orleans area.
While still recovering from Hurricane Katrina and preparing for the 2006 storm season, NAS JRB bid farewell to Patrol Squadron NINE FOUR as the squadron decommissioned March 31, 2006. This was followed by a relocation of the 926th Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve as they transferred from the base Sept. 30, 2006.
During the early years of the new millennium, NAS JRB has been recognized regionally and nationally as one of the nation’s outstanding military facilities. With its exceptional facilities, capabilities and training resources, NAS, JRB New Orleans, La. will continue to be the vanguard of the military’s commitment to excellence far into the twenty-first century.
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COMMAND UNITS:
Navy Operational
Support Center (NOSC)
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VFA-204 |
VR-54 |
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th marine Division |
MAG-42 |
377th Theater Support Command |
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans |
| Louisiana Air National Guard |
159th Fighter Wing |
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