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==History== [[File:BelleChassePublicLibrary.JPG|left|thumb|Bell from Benjamin's Belle Chasse Plantation at the Public Library]] There is little consensus regarding the origin of the name Belle Chasse. In [[French language|French]], ''belle chasse'' literally means "beautiful hunting." It is widely believed that it was so named due to the richness of wildlife which the initial French colonists observed when they settled in the region. Others say that Belle Chasse was named after a [[Colonel]] Joseph D. Bellechasse, who lived in New Orleans around the late 18th and early 19th century. Alternatively, it was named after the plantation of Deville de Goutin Bellechasse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/LWP/id/7534/rec/8|title=Description, history and architecture of Belle Chasse Plantation in Belle Chasse, Louisiana circa 1930s|publisher=Louisiana Digital Library|access-date=March 17, 2014}}</ref> The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[wikt:statesman|statesman]] [[Judah P. Benjamin]] was the most famous owner of the Belle Chasse plantation. After falling into decay and abandonment by the 1930s, the landmark plantation house was demolished in 1960.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis|first1=Richard Anthony|last2=Cangelosi Jr.|first2=Robert J.|title=Belle Chasse Plantation |date=February 7, 2015|page=79|publisher=Louisiana State University Press |isbn=9780807142196}}</ref> The bell was salvaged and today is in front of the Belle Chasse Public Library. The Naval Air Station was founded in 1920 on the south shore of [[Lake Pontchartrain]], but in 1957 it relocated to its current location (Belle Chasse, Louisiana). It has been designated as a Joint Forces Reserve Air Station. It is home to various naval air units as well as an [[Air Force Reserve]] fighter squadron and a [[Marine Corps Reserve]] helicopter unit. In March 2009, U.S. Navy Reserve Airborne Early Warning Squadron 77 (VAW-77) relocated its six E-2C aircraft from NAS Atlanta, GA to Belle Chasse. The squadron routinely deploys to the Caribbean on counter-narcotic operations. The squadron aircrew are all U.S. Naval Reservists while the maintenance department for the aircraft is run by Northrop Grumman Field Services.
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