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The Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (NAS JRB Fort Worth) is a base of the United States Armed Forces , and is located in the city of Fort Worth in the state of Texas . Headquarters for the Tenth Air Force are located at NASJRBFW, in addition to the 136th Airlift Wing of the Texas Air National Guard and the 301st Fighter Wing of the Air Force Reserve. NASJRBFW is also home to the following units from the , MALS-41 , VMGR-234 , MWSS-473 , MACS-24 , and VMFA-112 . Additionally, Headquarters Battery, 14th Marine Regiment , 4th Marine Division is also located at NASJRBFW. HISTORY NAS JRB Fort Worth originated in 1941 as Tarrant Field Airdrome. The airdrome became Fort Worth Army Air Field on 2 January , 1942 . The airfield was renamed Carswell Air Force Base in 1948 , in honor of Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr. Carswell Air Force Base was one of the first Strategic Air Command bases and was also the site for filming of James Stewart's 1952 classic " Strategic Air Command ." In 1993 the Base Realignment And Closure Commission decided to relocate forces from Naval Air Station Dallas to Carswell Air Force Base and the new base was named NAS JRB Fort Worth. When commissioned on 1 October 1994 , this installation was the first Joint Service Reserve Base in the United States. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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