Lemoore Naval Air Station/Reeves Field (NLC) Kings County (CA)

General Information

Naval Air Station Lemoore or NAS Lemoore is a United States Navy base, located in Kings County and Fresno County, California. 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 as well as assumed, in a different configuration, the role of older F/A-18 Strike Fighters. In addition to the Hornet and Super Hornet population, NAS Lemoore also operates several UH-1N Search and Rescue Helicopters and hosts the UC-12B logistics aircraft.

Base Units

Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2)

• VFA-2 - callsign Bullet
• VFA-86 - callsign Winder
• VFA-137 - callsign Falcon
• VFA-192 - callsign Jury or Dragon

Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9)

• VFA-14 - callsign Camelot
• VFA-25 - callsign Fist
• VFA-41 - callsign Fast Eagle
• VFA-97 - callsign Hawk
• VFA-151 - callsign Switch

Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11)

• VFA-146 - callsign Diamond
• VFA-147 - callsign Jason
• VFA-154 - callsign Knight

Carrier Air Wing 17 (CVW-17)

• VFA-22 - callsign Beef
• VFA-94 - callsign Hobo
• VFA-113 - callsign Sting

Strike Fighter Weapons School Pacific

• VFA-122 - callsign Expert