Naval Air Station Lemoore

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Naval Air Station Lemoore Reeves Field

IATA: NLC - ICAO: KNLC - FAA: NLC
Summary
Controlled By		United States Navy
Facility Type		Naval Air Station
Location		Lemoore, California
Commissioned		1961
Current Status		Active
Commanding Officer		Captain Ronald P. Townsend
Elevation AMSL		234 ft (71.3 m)
Coordinates		36°19′59″N, 119°57′07″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14L/32R	13,502	4,115	Concrete
14R/32L	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.

1 History
2 Current Operations
3 Tenant Units
4 References
5 External links

[edit] 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 an underpass beneath taxiway A, 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 Detachment, Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific, and Naval Air Maintenance Training Group to support this effort.

[edit] Current Operations

With the transfer of NAS Miramar to the US 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. In addition to the Hornet and Super Hornet population, NAS Lemoore also operates three UH-1N Search and Rescue Helicopters and hosts the UC-12B logistics aircraft.