Satellite and aerial maps of NAS JRB Willow Grove with nearby locations
Nearby locations | Km | Bearing | |
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Lansdale Hospital Heliport , Pennsylvania | 11.9 | 299 | 95PN |
Doylestown Hospital Heliport , Pennsylvania | 12.1 | 359 | 9PS3 |
Wings Field , Pennsylvania | 12.1 | 235 | KLOM |
Doylestown , Pennsylvania | 15.0 | 008 | KDYL |
Mercy Suburban Hospital Heliport , Pennsylvania | 15.7 | 244 | 7PN3 |
Carson Heliport , Pennsylvania | 15.9 | 338 | 0PA9 |
NAS JRB Willow Grove |
1926 to present | ||
40° 12' 0.00'' N 75° 8' 53.52'' W | ||
6km NW of Willow Grove, PA, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania | ||
ICAO: KNXX | IATA: NXX | |
Elevation: 358 feet |
Site was originally Willow Grove plant, where Pitcairn built autogiros in 1930s.
Along present Pennsylvania Air and Army National Guard,
the US Navy operated the base as Naval Air Station JRB Willow Grove between 1943 and 2011 for both Navy and Marines reserve units. The Navy performed the Final Flight ceremony on March 30, 2011 and the base was renamed Horsham Air Guard Station
List of units at NAS JRB Willow Grove |
Years | Unit | |
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1985/01 | HSL-94 | Seasprite, |
1979/95 | HS-75 | S-70 H-60, |
1972/01 | HMH-772 | S-80 H-53E, RH-53D, S-65 H-53, |
1958/70 | HMH-772 | S-65 H-53, S-58 H-34, |
1958/62 | HMLA-775 | PV-18, |
Pennsylvania National Guard |
List of aircraft and events at NAS JRB Willow Grove |
Dates | Org/Type | Unit | |||||
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1981 | USMC | CH-53A | 152393 | ||||
1992 | Army | UH-1B | 62-1920 | ||||
2001-sep | HMH-772 | CH-53E | 165347 | ||||
2006-aug-09 | CH-53E | 165345 / MT-404 | |||||
2006-aug-09 | CH-53E | 165347 / MT-408 | |||||
2017-feb | Army | UH-1B | 62-1920 |