| Naval Air Station Lemoore Reeves Field |
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| IATA: NLC – ICAO: KNLC - FAA: NLC | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Naval Air Station | ||
| Operator | United States Navy | ||
| Location | Lemoore, California | ||
| Built | 1961 | ||
| In use | Active | ||
| Commander | Captain James R. Knapp | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 234 ft / 71.3 m | ||
| Coordinates | 36°19′59″N 119°57′07″W / 36.33306°N 119.95194°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 14L/32R | 13,502 | 4,115 | Concrete |
| 13,502 | 4,115 | Concrete | |
Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore (IATA: NLC, ICAO: KNLC, FAA LID: NLC) is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County, California. Lemoore Station, California, a census-designated place, is located inside the base's borders.
NAS Lemoore is the Navy's newest and largest master jet air station. Strike Fighter Wing Pacific with its supporting facilities are home ported here. NAS Lemoore hosts four Carrier Air Wings.
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History
Commissioned in 1961, NAS Lemoore is the newest air station in the Navy. Two offset parallel runways were laid out 4,600 feet apart. Aircraft parking and maintenance hangars are aligned between the 13,500 foot runways. Separated from the hangars by underpasses beneath taxiways A & C, the remainder of the air operations area is located directly southeast.
In July, 1998, NAS Lemoore was selected as the West Coast site for the Navy’s newest strike-fighter aircraft, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. This action brings approximately 92 additional aircraft, 1,850 additional active duty personnel and 3,000 family members to NAS Lemoore and several associated facility additions or improvements.
The Navy brought four new fleet squadrons to Naval Air Station Lemoore over the period 2001-2004. Additional military staffing will be required at Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department, Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific, and Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Lemoore (CNATTU) to support this effort.
Current Operations
With the transfer of NAS Miramar to the United States Marine Corps, NAS Lemoore now hosts the Navy's entire west coast fighter/attack capability. NAS Lemoore was built “from the ground up” as a Master Jet Base, and has several operational advantages, and relatively few constraints, as a result.
NAS Lemoore is the Navy's newest and largest master jet air station. The Pacific Strike Fighter Wing with its supporting facilities are home ported here. The primary aircraft based at NAS Lemoore is the F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter. In November, 1999, NAS Lemoore received its first F/A-18 E/F Super Hornets, which replaced the F-14 Tomcat in fleet service as an air superiority fighter and has assumed, in a different configuration, the role of older F/A-18 Strike Fighters. Currently, there are a total of 175 Hornets and Super Hornets home-based at NAS Lemoore operating from two Fleet Replacement [training] Squadrons and ten Fleet [operational] Squadrons.
Tenant Units
Carrier Wings
Pacific Strike Fighter Wing
- Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2), assigned to: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)
- Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9), assigned to: USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
- Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11), assigned to: USS Nimitz (CVN-68)
- Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), assigned to: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
Squadrons
| F/A-18A+/B/C/D Hornets | F/A-18E/F Super Hornets |
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Tenant Activities
- Strike Fighter Wing Pacific
- Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific
- Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department
- AIMD Sea Operational Detachment
- Fleet Aviation Specialized Operational Training Group, Pacific Fleet
- Marine Aviation Training Support Group
- Naval Air Technical Services Facility Detachment
- Naval Aviation Engineering Service Unit
- Naval Air Maintenance Training Group
- Naval Hospital
- Naval Branch Dental Clinic
- Naval Training Systems Center
- Trainer Systems Support Activity
- Naval Air Reserve Center and Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Detachment.
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service NCISRA
- Naval Legal Service Office, Southwest Branch Office
- Aviation Survival Training Center
- NATEC, Naval Air Technical Data and Engineering Service Command
- NAFC, Naval Aviation Forecast Component
Educational Institutes
- Akers Elementary School (Preschool-8th)
- Neutra Elementary School (K-5)
- Military College
References
- "Naval Air Station Lemoore". Official web site. https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Lemoore/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- "Naval Air Station Lemoore". GlobalSecurity.org. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/lemoore.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-30.
- FAA Airport Master Record for NLC (Form 5010 PDF)
External links
- http://www.cnic.navy.mil/Lemoore/index.htm (official site)
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- AirNav airport information for KNLC
- ASN accident history for NLC
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNLC
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 19 Nov 2009
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