VR-56

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56
A squadron C-40 Clipper on the ramp at NAS Oceana in 2015
Active	1 July 1976 – present^[1]
Country	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Role	Airlift
Part of	United States Navy Reserve Fleet Logistics Support Wing
Garrison/HQ	NAS Oceana
Nickname(s)	Globemasters
Insignia
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]}

References

^ 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.

Leadership

Operating forces	Fleet Forces Command Commander Pacific Fleet Commander Naval Forces Europe – Naval Forces Africa Naval Forces Central Command Naval Forces Southern Command Naval Special Warfare Command Naval Reserve Forces Operational Test and Evaluation Force Naval Network Warfare Command Military Sealift Command
Shore	Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Air Systems Command Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Naval Supply Systems Command Naval Information Warfare Systems Command Fleet Cyber Command Naval Academy Naval Education and Training Command Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Office of Naval Intelligence Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Naval Legal Service Command Naval Observatory Naval Safety Center Bureau of Naval Personnel Chief of Naval Personnel Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Navy Installations Command Navy Working Capital Fund
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