VR-56

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56
A squadron C-40 Clipper on the ramp at NAS Oceana in 2015
Active1 July 1976 – present[1]
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
RoleAirlift
Part ofUnited States Navy Reserve
Garrison/HQNAS Oceana
Nickname(s)Globemasters
Insignia
VR-56 Squadron Insignia
Aircraft flown
TransportBoeing C-40A Clipper
Military unit

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 (VR-56), nicknamed the Globemasters, is a transport squadron of the United States Navy Reserve providing world-wide airlift using C-40A Clipper aircraft and is based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.[2][3] The squadron is under the operational control of Commander, Fleet Logistics Support Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.[4]

VR-56 is a reserve unit composed of both full-time active duty and traditional part-time Selected Reserve officers and sailors.[4]

The squadron previously flew the C-9B Skytrain II aircraft at Naval Station Norfolk/Chambers Field, Virginia before relocating to Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia.[4] VR-56 later retired its C-9B aircraft and is one of six VR squadrons that now flies and maintains three Boeing Next-Generation 737-700C aircraft designated as the C-40A Clipper.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (11 April 2012). OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5030.4G (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ Holzapfel, Wesley (29 October 2015). "Globemasters of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron". DVIDS. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  3. ^ Marquez, Arthurgwain L. (2022). "Navy Reserve Force Map" (PDF). The Navy Reservist. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 (VR-56)". GlobalSecurity.org. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

External links

  • C-40A Clipper U.S. Navy fact file
  • Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 (VR-56) at GlobalSecurity.org
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