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Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) Airport

Lemoore, United States

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Lemoore · CA · United States

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36.333°, -119.952° · 232 ft elev.

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Premier U.S. Navy strike fighter training base in California.

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1942

Location

Lemoore, United States

Naval Air Station Lemoore, officially known as Reeves Field, is a United States Navy installation located in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, near the city of Lemoore. It serves as the Navy's largest master jet base on the West Coast and is home to the majority of the Navy's strike fighter aircraft and squadrons. The base is the primary hub for F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet operations, housing multiple carrier air wings and fleet replacement squadrons. As a military installation, it does not serve commercial airline traffic and is not open to the general public for aviation access. The airfield is named in honor of Captain Joseph Mason Reeves, a pioneering figure in U.S. naval aviation. The IATA code NLC and ICAO code KNLC are assigned primarily for operational and navigational purposes rather than commercial use.

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The base is accessible by road via State Route 198, located approximately 35 miles southwest of Fresno, California.

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›NAS Lemoore is the U.S. Navy's largest master jet base on the West Coast.
›The airfield is named after Captain Joseph Mason Reeves, a pioneer in naval aviation.
›It is the primary home of F/A-18 Hornet and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet squadrons.
›The base hosts multiple carrier air wings that deploy to aircraft carriers in the Pacific Fleet.
›NAS Lemoore was established in 1961 as a jet base, though the broader installation dates to World War II.

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