Mission
The Navy Fort Worth "team" ensures that reservists receive quality training in preparation for mobilization readiness. The Joint Base serves the reservists, active duty tenants, and surrounding communities while accomplishing its primary purpose of defense readiness for America. Our primary responsibility is to train and equip air crews and aviation ground support personnel in preparation for Deployment.
History
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. The airdrome became Fort Worth Army Air Field on January 2, 1942, following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The airfield was renamed Carswell Air Force Base in 1948, to honor Fort Worth native Major Horace S. Carswell, Jr.Carswell was one of the first Strategic Air Command bases and was also the site for filming the James Stewart classic "Strategic Air Command."
Under BRAC '93, a new concept of joint operations began. Naval Air Station, Dallas and its tenants along with units from Naval Air Station Glenview and Memphis were relocated to the previous site of Carswell Air Force Base. On October 1, 1994, the Navy became the host command of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth . For more information, please visit our homepage.
Population
Military personnel assigned:
- Active Duty Officers: 275 (Navy, Marine)
- Active Duty Enlisted: 4500 (Navy, Marine, Army, Air Force)
- Family Members: 8,000 (estimated active duty & retiree)
- Family Members of Deployable Reservist 2,500 plus
- Retirees: 145,000 (estimated)
- Civilian Employees: 662 (DON, Dept. of the Air Force, BOP,)
- Navy, Marine, Air Force Reserve, Army Reserve & National Guard Officers: 650
- Navy, Marine, Air Force Reserve, Army Reserve & National Guard Enlisted: 5,500
- Air Force Air Reserve Technicians, plus full time active duty Air Force personnel: 200+
- U. S. Federal Health Services personnel: 75
- Federal Bureau of Prisons employees: 160
Located in North Central Texas, Fort Worth is the 5th largest city in Texas, 351 sq. mi. , and the 17th largest in the U.S. with a population of 909,535. The Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex encompasses 13 counties and has a combined population of 7,475,000. The 'DFW' metroplex is the economic hub of the North Texas region.
City of Fort Worth population: 909,535.
City of Dallas population: 1,343,573
Location
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NASJRB) Fort Worth, under the operational command of the Commander, Naval Installations, is a joint defense facility which plays a pivotal role in the training and equipping of air crews and aviation ground support personnel.
The installation is located within the city limits of Fort Worth, Texas. Fort Worth is part of Dallas/Fort Worth. According to the North Central Texas Congress of Governments, The Dallas-Fort Worth area is the 4th largest urbanized area in the United States and the 12th largest economy in the world. There are over 3.4 million jobs within this 12 county area. NAS Fort Worth JRB employs over 11,000 active, reserve, and civilian personnel and generates a $1.3 billion annual impact to the local economy and the North Central Texas region. Naval Air Station Fort Worth JRB is located seven miles North/Northwest of downtown Fort Worth.
Dallas is the third-largest city in the state of Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. Dallas is one of 11 U.S. global cities as it is ranked a "Gamma World City" by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network. The base operator's phone number is 817-782-5000 or DSN 312-739-5000 or 817-782-7152, DSN 312-739-7152. The Command Duty Officer (CDO) Ph. Number is 817-825-4079.
Directions
From Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport:
- Exit the airport from the South exit.
- Take ramp onto TX-183 West towards Fort Worth - go 10.7 mi
- Continue on I-820 South - go 0.7 mi
- Take left fork onto TX-121 South toward Downtown Fort Worth - go 7.1 mi
- Take the I-35W (South) left exit toward Waco - go 0.7 mi
- Take exit #51 onto I-30 West towards Abilene - go 7.6 mi
- Take exit #7B TX-341-Spur TX-183 West - go 0.4 mi
- Continue on Alta Mere Drive - go 1.7 mi
- Bear right immediately after the Quick Trip (QT) gas station, and continue on Pumphrey Drive toward the Main Gate.
NAS JRB Fort Worth is located 7 miles West of the City of Fort Worth proper near the intersection of State Highway 183 and Interstate 30. For Internet or GPS directions, map the address to Visitor Control Center at MAIN GATE: 200 Pumphrey Drive, Westworth Village, TX 76114.
Base Transportation
Currently, there is NO public transportation allowed onto this installation. Taxi's and public conveyance cannot proceed beyond the Main Gate. You must arrange for continued transport onto the facility via the office you are reporting to in advance of your arrival. You may want ot comtact Uber and request a trusted Uber driver for transport onto Naval Air Station JRB Fort Worth.
Contact Information
Phone Information Assistance:
817-782-7152 or DSN 312-739-7152 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. M - F (Live)
817-782-5000 (Recording) 24/7
817-825-4079 Command Duty Officer (CDO) 24/7
