VR-56

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Six / FLELOGSUPPRON FIVE SIX (VR-56), nicknamed the Globemasters, is a transport squadron of the United States Navy providing world-wide Navy Unique Fleet Essential airlift (NUFEA) under the operational control of Commander, Feet Logistics Support Wing (COMFLELOGSUPWING) at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (Carswell Field), Texas.

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Six (VR-56)
VR-56 Squadron Insignia
CountryUnited States of America
Branch United States Navy
Nickname(s)Globemasters
Commanders
Current
commander		OPSEC
Aircraft flown
TransportBoeing C-40 Clipper

VR-56 is a Naval Air Force Reserve unit of the U.S. Navy Reserve, composed of both full-time active duty Training and Administration of the Reserve (TAR) and traditional part-time Selected Reserve (SELRES) 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.

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