Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 | |
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![]() A squadron C-40 Clipper on the ramp at NAS Oceana in 2015 | |
Active | 1 July 1976 – present[1] |
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Role | Airlift |
Part of | United States Navy Reserve |
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Nickname(s) | Globemasters |
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VR-56 Squadron Insignia | ![]() |
Aircraft flown | |
Transport | Boeing C-40A Clipper |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Holzapfel, Wesley (29 October 2015). "Globemasters of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron". DVIDS. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ Marquez, Arthurgwain L. (2022). "Navy Reserve Force Map" (PDF). The Navy Reservist. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 (VR-56)". GlobalSecurity.org. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- C-40A Clipper U.S. Navy fact file
- Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 (VR-56) at GlobalSecurity.org