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Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (abbreviated NAS JRB Fort Worth) [2] (IATA: FWH, ICAO: KNFW, FAA LID: NFW) includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located 5 nautical miles (9 km; 6 mi) west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States.
As part of the Base Realignment and Closure of 1993, Naval Air Station Dallas was relocated to the previous site of Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. The new base is named Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth. The base originated in 1941, as Tarrant Field Airdrome.
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Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base (or NAS Fort Worth JRB) (IATA: FWH, ICAO: KNFW, FAA Location identifier: NFW) includes Carswell Field, a military airbase located 5 nautical miles (9 km; 6 mi) west of the central business district of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. This military airfield is operated by the United States Navy Reserve. It is located in the cities of Fort Worth, Westworth Village, and White Settlement in the western part of the Fort Worth urban area.
Carswell Air Force Base, (1942–1994) was a United States Air Force (USAF) Strategic Air Command (SAC) base located about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of central Fort Worth, Texas, United States; the air force base is mostly within the Fort Worth city limits and has portions within Westworth and White Settlement. For most of its operational lifetime, the base's mission was to train and support heavy strategic bombing groups and wings.
With the end of the Cold War, the 1991 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission recommended that Carswell AFB be closed by 1994. This decision was later modified so that most of the installation would be converted into a Joint Reserve Base, retaining the Air Force Reserve presence that had historically been located at Carswell AFB and relocating Navy Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Air National Guard flying units from nearby Naval Air Station Dallas, that was also identified for closure.
Several United States Navy headquarters and operational units are based at NAS Fort Worth JRB, including aviation squadrons, intelligence commands and Seabees. The Air Force Reserve Command's Tenth Air Force headquarters and 301st Fighter Wing continue to be based at the installation, as well as the 136th Airlift Wing of the Texas Air National Guard. A number of United States Marine Corps aviation and ground units are also co-located at NAS Fort Worth JRB.
The base was named after Medal of Honor recipient Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. (1916–1944). Major Carswell was returning from an attack on Japanese shipping in the South China Sea on 26 October 1944. He attempted to save a crewmember whose parachute had been destroyed by flak. He remained at the controls of his crippled bomber and died while crashlanding the B-24 Liberator near Tungchen, China.
The base was renamed in his honor on 29 January 1948.
Previous base names were:
•Army Air Force Combat Crew School, Tarrant Field
(aka Tarrant Field and Tarrant Field Airdrome), 1 July 1942 – 29 July 1942
•Fort Worth Army Air Field, 29 July 1942 – 13 January 1948.
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The base, now part of Navy Installations Command (CNIC), is under the oversight of Commander, Navy Region Southeast. It hosts a variety of fighter/attack and airlift units from the reserve components of Navy, Marine Corps and United States Air Force. Airfield operating procedures and equipment (e.g., PAR and ILS) reflect a combination of service requirements, although as the operators of the local air traffic control (ATC) system, the United States Department of the Navy imposes Navy procedures as the operations standard.
As of June 2011, there were 11,300 employees on NAS Fort Worth JRB (including active duty, reserve, national guard, and civilians).
NAS Fort Worth JRB units schedule a variety of airspace. The key area for fighter operations is the Brownwood Military Operations Area (MOA). This area, originally developed to serve Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve (COMNAVAIRRESFOR) and 4th Marine Aircraft Wing fighter and fighter/attack squadrons stationed at the former Naval Air Station Dallas, now serves as the primary airspace resource for all fighter/attack units assigned to NAS Fort Worth JRB. It is scheduled by the NAS Operations Department; consolidated scheduling was evaluated for a period of time and the decision made to return this area to the Navy for scheduling. Nevertheless, user comments indicate that access to the area is allocated to its several users on a fair and equitable basis.
The recent decision to join the Brady and Brownwood MOAs will provide additional maneuver airspace for AIC/ACM training. When scheduled concurrently, these areas enable numerous aircraft from several units to participate in joint fighter/bomber training exercises. Brownwood MOA is the subject of an innovative test to improve the dissemination of SUA status information to non-participating aircraft. This test, conducted to address action items in meeting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Free Flight planning commitments, will use a combination of recently deployed airspace scheduling and reporting systems, including the FAA Special-use Airspace Management System (SAMS) and United States Department of Defense Military Airspace Management System (MAMS). The intent of the trial is to provide more accurate "near real-time" area status via the internet to civilian users, especially to regional air carriers particularly affected by required rerouting around Brownwood MOA. Should the test and the technology prove successful and cost-effective, the result could address long-standing civilian dissatisfaction with the quality and timeliness of FAA-distributed special use airspace status information. In particular, such functionality may be appropriate for incorporation into the next generation of Automated Flight Service Station modernization equipment.
The base's runway is also used by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, as their large Fort Worth assembly facility (where the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F-35 Lightning II are built) is located adjacent to the base.
United States Navy Reserve
•NAS Fort Worth JRB, Headquarters •Branch Health & Dental Clinic, Detachment Fort Worth •Commander Fleet Logistics Support Wing •Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 46 (VR-46) •Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 59 (VR-59) •Commander Naval Reserve Intelligence Command •Reserve Intelligence Area Southeast (RIASE) •Commander Tactical Support Wing (CTSW) •FISC JAX Detachment Fort Worth •Fleet Readiness Center, West (FRC West) •Maritime Expeditionary Security Detachment 541 (MESD 541) •Naval Air Technical Data And Engineering Service Command Detachment •Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Detachment •Navy Operations Support Center, Fort Worth (NOSC) •NCTSPENS, Base Communications Office •Ninth Naval Construction Regiment •Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 22 (NMCB 22) •Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas One Headquarters (EMF DAL ONE HQ) •Expeditionary Medical Facility Dallas One Detactment Foxtrot (EMF DAL ONE DET F)
United States Marine Corps Reserve
•Marine Air Group 41 •Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 •Marine Fighter/Attack Squadron 112 •14th Marine Regiment •8th Marine Corps District •Marine Air Control Squadron 24
United States Air Force Reserve
•Headquarters, Tenth Air Force (Air Force Reserve Command) •301st Fighter Wing (Air Force Reserve Command) •457th Fighter Squadron
The base was one of the sites for the filming of James Stewart's 1955 film, Strategic Air Command.
On the NBC series The West Wing, Democratic Presidential nominee Matt Santos (Jimmy Smits) reported for Marine Corps Reserve duty at Fort Worth for F/A-18 Hornet flight operations. The show incorrectly referred to the base as "National Guard Training Center Fort Worth", and the squadron shown was VMFA-134 "Smokes". In reality, the "Smokes" were stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar prior to their 2007 transition to cadre status. The Marine Corps Reserve F/A-18 squadron actually based at NAS Fort Worth JRB is VMFA-112 "Cowboys".
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
•Handbook of Texas Online: Carswell Air Force Base. Retrieved 18 October 2005.
•Endicott, Judy G. (1999) Active Air Force wings as of 1 October 1995; USAF active flying, space, and missile squadrons as of 1 October 1995. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. CD-ROM.
•Lloyd, Alwyn T. (2000), A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946–1992, Pictorial Histories Publications ISBN 1-57510-052-5
•Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
•Mueller, Robert (1989). Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6
•NAS Fort Worth JRB at GlobalSecurity.org
•FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective May 16, 2024
•FAA Terminal Procedures for NFW, effective May 16, 2024
•Resources for this U.S. military airport:
•FAA airport information for NFW
•AirNav airport information for KNFW
The Federal Medical Center, Carswell (FMC Carswell) is a United States federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, for female inmates of all security levels, primarily with special medical and mental health needs.
Jun 26, 2024 · 18 April 1952: Piloted by Chief Test Pilot Beryl A. Erickson, and Arthur S. Witchell, the prototype Consolidated-Vultee YB-60-1-CF, serial number 49-2676, made its first takeoff at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas.
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