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Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56
A squadron C-40 Clipper on the ramp at NAS Oceana in 2015
Active	1 July 1976 – present
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. The squadron is under the operational control of Commander, Fleet Logistics Support Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas.

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

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. 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.

See also

• History of the United States Navy
• List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons

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. ^ "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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