Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans

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| native_name = Alvin Callender Field

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| location = Belle Chasse, Louisiana

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| operator = US Navy

| controlledby = Navy Region Southeast

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| built = August 1954 – December {{Start date|1957}} (as NAS New Orleans)

| used = 13 December 1957 – present

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| website = {{Official website|https://cnrse.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAS-JRB-New-Orleans/}}

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| r1-number = 04/22

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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."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2206120&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Belle Chasse CDP, Louisiana]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 22, 2010. 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 {{airport codes|NBG|KNBG|NBG}} which is located about six nautical miles (12 km) south of the central business district of New Orleans.{{FAA-airport|ID=NBG|use=PR|own=MN|site=07673.*A}}, effective 2009-07-02. The base's predecessor, NAS New Orleans, occupied the current location of the University of New Orleans's principal campus until 1957.

Occupants

= Current occupants =

Fighter Squadron Composite 204 (VFC-204), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating F-5N/F Tiger II fighter-attack aircraft
VMR Belle Chase
159th Fighter Wing (159 FW), Louisiana Air National Guard, operating F-15C/D Eagle fighter aircraft
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 54 (VR-54), U.S. Navy Reserve, operating C-130T Hercules transport aircraft[https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/cnrse/installations/nas_jrb_new_orleans/about/tenant_commands/vr_54/ VR-54 "Revelers"]
Detachment A, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 (HMLA-773), U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, operating UH-1Y "Super Huey" utility helicopters & AH-1 Super Cobra attack helicopters
Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, operating MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters[https://aoptero.org/wp-content/uploads/sitrep1-22.pdf] Pterogram, Spring 2022 Edition, pages 9-10
NCTAMS LANT Det New Orleans
3rd Battalion, 23rd Marines
Navy Reserve Center New Orleans
377th Theater Sustainment Command
FRC Mid-Atlantic Site New Orleans
Region Legal Service Office Southeast Det New Orleans
[https://archive.today/20121212220739/http://www.nalo.navy.mil/ Navy Air Logistics Office]
Military Entrance Processing Station (a.k.a. MEPS), New Orleans{{Cite web|url=https://www.mepcom.army.mil/Units/Western-Sector/11th-Battalion/New-Orleans/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124102210/http://www.mepcom.army.mil/Units/Western-Sector/11th-Battalion/New-Orleans/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 November 2016|title = New Orleans Military Entrance Processing Station}}

= Previous occupants =

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VAW-77 "Nightwolves", U.S. Navy Reserve, which was the Navy's only aerial counter-narcotics unit, and flew the E-2 Hawkeye
VP-94 "Crawfishers", U.S. Navy Reserve, an anti-submarine warfare/maritime patrol unit that flew the P-3 Orion
VC-13, U.S. Navy Reserve, a fleet adversary unit flying the A-4 Skyhawk; relocated to NAS Miramar, CA (redesignated VFC-13 and relocated to NAS Fallon, NV) flying the F-5 Tiger II)
Marine Aircraft Group 46 Detachment B
Marine Aircraft Group 42
926th Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command), which flew the A-10 Thunderbolt II; relocated to Nellis AFB, NV and re-designated as the 926th Wing, an Associate unit to the USAF Warfare Center
U.S. Customs Service air operations
Civil Air Patrol, SWR-LA-086

Facilities

NAS JRB New Orleans (Alvin Callender Field) has two runways with PEM surfaces: 4/22 is 9,999 by 200 feet (3,048 × 61 m) and 14/32 is 6,000 by 200 feet (1,829 × 61 m).

Demographics

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New Orleans Station is a census-designated place (CDP) covering the residential population of the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.{{cite gnis|2804360|New Orleans Station Census Designated Place|January 15, 2023}}

{{US Census population

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It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 2,508.{{Cite web|title=New Orleans Station CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2255074|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 13, 2022}}

=2020 census=

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|+New Orleans Station CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2020{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – New Orleans Station CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2255074&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2020

White alone (NH)

|1,161

|46.29%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|587

|23.41%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|19

|0.76%

Asian alone (NH)

|90

|3.59%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|17

|0.68%

Other Race alone (NH)

|22

|0.88%

Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|159

|6.34%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|453

|18.06%

Total

|2,508

|100.00%

Education

The base has a charter K-8 school, Belle Chasse Academy.{{cite web|url=https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/naval-air-station-joint-reserve-base-new-orleans/education/education|title=Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans Education|publisher=Military One Source|access-date=2024-03-03}} - The website is a .mil The school opened on September 5, 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.bellechasseacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=436567&type=d|title=About Us|publisher=Belle Chasse Academy|access-date=2024-03-03|quote=Belle Chasse Academy 100 Fifth Street/NAS-JRB Belle Chasse, LA 70037}}

The entire parish is in the Plaquemines Parish School Board school district.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22075_plaquemines/DC20SD_C22075.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Plaquemines Parish, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-03-03|quote=New Orleans Station[...]Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22075_plaquemines/DC20SD_C22075_SD2MS.txt Text list] - The map shows there are no incorporated places in the parish. The school district schools in Belle Chasse are where the base is assigned to. Belle Chasse High School is the Belle Chasse area high school.