VR-56

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]

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

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

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