Here's why there have been so many military jets flying around New Orleans
Updated Mar 19, 11:13 PM; Posted Mar 19, 1:34 PM
"The Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans has been hosting additional squadrons since Feb. 12," said NAS JRB Public Affairs Officer Andrew F. Thomas in an email. "The addition of these detachments and their aircraft has meant an increase in air traffic in and around the air station and vicinity."
So, yeah, that means there are extra pilots flying around the city. It would be annoying if wasn't so cool to see these folks jetting – literally – overhead all the time.
The New Orleans site "offers unique flight training to military units, given the base's close proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, and this area's distinctive geography and historically strong support of the military," Thomas said. "These factors make NAS JRB New Orleans a superior learning environment for the flight crews."