Nathan James

Louque

Nathan J. Louque, also known as "Bubby", "PaPoo", "Pop" and "Nate", was born on September 25, 1951 and passed away on August 10, 2021 at the age of 69 years old.

Nathan is survived by his loving wife of 49 years (his hero) Kathy Martin Louque; children, Nick Louque (Tiffany) and Natalie Louque Chabaud (Jason); grandchildren, Brayden Louque, Chloe Scott, Micah Scott, and Emma Chabaud; brother, Randy Louque (Brenda), a host of nieces and nephews and sister-in-law, Jeanie Louque.

Nathan is preceded in death by his parents Perry Louque Sr. and Martha Oubre Louque; granddaughter, Emsley Grace Chabaud; brothers, Perry "PJ" Louque, Jr. and Rodney Louque; sister-in-law, Lonna Louque.

Nathan was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend who will be greatly missed by all.  Some of his great passions in life were his wife, children, grandchildren, the military, and serving his customers and friends at Home Hardware.  He was also a true Patriot of his United States.

Senior Master Sergeant Nathan J. Louque, Radar Maintenance Supervisor, 259 ^th Air Traffic Control Squadron at Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, Louisiana.  He was assigned this position 01 November 2009.  His duties include maintaining the operational capability of the AN/MPN-14K1 Landing Control Central and the supervision, training, and mentoring of all subordinate maintenance personnel.

Senior Master Sergeant Louque is a 1971 graduate of Lutcher High School.  Seargeant Louque enlisted in the United States Air Force in September of 1971 as an ATC Radar Specialist.  His first duty assignment was to the 1908 ^th Communications Squadron, England AFB, Alexandria, LA from 1972 to 1975.  In September of 1975 Sergeant Louque left active duty and in April of 1977 he transferred from the Inactive Reserves to the Louisiana Air National Guard with the 236 ^th Combat Communications Squadron in Hammond, Louisiana as an ATC Radar Specialist.  He assumed those duties as a full-time Military Technician in March of 1991.  In 1997, Sergeant Louque transferred to the newly created 259 ^th Air Traffic Control Squadron also serving as the full-time Military Technician for the Ground Radar Maintenance section.  In 2007 he was assigned to Logistics and in 2009 was reassigned to Radar Maintenance section and was assigned as the Radar Maintenance Noncommissioned Officer in Charge.

Senior Master Sergeant Louque has deployed to numerous locations around the world including Taszar, Hungary; Izmir, Turkey; Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan; Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; and Kabul, Afghanistan in support of Operations Joint Endeavor, Joint Force, Noble Eagle, and Enduring Freedom.  He was frequently called upon to deploy and redeploy AN/MPN-14Ks around the AOR in Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe.  He also deployed for state emergency and recovery operations for Hurricanes Andrew, Gustav, and Ike.  He deployed to Roswell, New Mexico, and Eagle Pass, Texas to support Dakota Challenge, a B-1 test and evaluation exercise and Drug Interdiction program.  Sergeant Louque helped to successfully deploy an AN/MPN-14k to Columbus AFB and Dover AFB and interfaced the AN/MPN-14k to the bases Fixed RAPCON to avoid any loss of air traffic services while the bases were moving and/or raising their radar antenna tower.  Sergeant Louque was called upon by the Air Combat Command IG numerous times to augment their inspection teams as a subject matter expert for the AN/MPN-14k radar system.  He helped the 259 ^th ATCS pass their first ORI with an overall grade of excellent and his section was graded with an excellent.  Sergeant Louque successfully led the 259 ^th ATC Radar team to pass an FAA Commissioning Flight Inspection of the AN/MPN-14k to provide air traffic services to the Local and Military flying communities.

He earned several awards and decorations during this time, including the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Air Force Achievement Medal, The Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with one silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters, the Combat Readiness Medal with two silver and three bronze oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with one silver and four oak leaf clusters, the National Defense Service Medal with two bronze stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Armed Forces Service Medal with one bronze star, the Humanitarian Service Medal with two bronze stars, the Air Force Longevity Service with one silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with the gold hour glass and one 'M' device, the NATO Medal with two bronze stars, the Louisiana Cross of Merit, the Louisiana War Cross with two Fleur De Lis device, the Louisiana Emergency Service Medal with one Fleur de Lis device, the Louisiana General Excellence Medal with five Fleur De Lis devices and the Louisiana Longevity Medal with four Fleur De Lis devices.

A visitation will be held on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM at St. Joseph Catholic Church.  Military honors will begin at 12:30 PM until a Mass of Christian burial at 1:00 PM.  Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Paulina, LA.