| Unit Name: | Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 56 |
| Dates: | 1 July 1976 – present[1] |
| Role: | Airlift |
| Command Structure: | United States Navy Reserve |
| Nickname: | Globemasters |
| Aircraft Transport: | Boeing C-40A Clipper |
| Identification Symbol Label: | VR-56 Squadron Insignia |
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.