NAS Lemoore
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Naval Air Station Lemoore Reeves Field |
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| Airport type | Naval Air Station | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | United States Navy | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Kings / Fresno counties, near Lemoore, California | ||||||||||||||
| Built | 1961 | ||||||||||||||
| In use | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Commander | Captain David James | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 232 ft / 71 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°19′59″N 119°57′07″W / 36.33306°N 119.95194°WCoordinates: 36°19′59″N 119°57′07″W / 36.33306°N 119.95194°W | ||||||||||||||
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Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore (IATA: NLC, ICAO: KNLC, FAA LID: NLC) is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno 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 Base. Strike Fighter Wing Pacific, along with its associated squadrons, is home ported there.
NAS Lemoore also hosts four Carrier Air Wings: Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2), Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9), Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11), and Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17).
Commissioned in 1961, NAS Lemoore, as seen from an aircraft flying above, looks significant and stands out from the farmlands of Central California, due to its large construction. NAS Lemoore is the newest and largest Master Jet Base in the U.S. Navy. It has two offset parallel runways 4,600 feet (1,400 m) apart. Aircraft parking and maintenance hangars are aligned between the 13,500-foot (4,100 m) runways. Separated from the hangars by underpasses beneath taxiways A & C, the remainder of the air operations area is located directly southeast.
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