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Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40), also known as the "Rawhides", is a United States Navy fleet logistics support squadron based at NS Norfolk. Commissioned in 1960, it is the last active fleet logistics squadrons in the Navy, since VRC-30 decommissioned in 8 December 2023.
On 2 June 2011, the US Navy loaned two C-2A(R) Greyhounds from VRC-40 to the French Navy. The two aircraft were stationed at Toulon-Hyères Airport , Hyères , to assist in improving the flow of logistics and supplies to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle operating in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya in support of the NATO ...
VRC-40: 1 Jul 1960–present: Homeport NS Norfolk: VRC-40 Det 2 Rawhides C-2A: Commander, Carrier Air Wing O: Commanding Officer, Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Forty VRC-40 Det 3 Rawhides C-2A: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Seven: VRC-40 Det 4 Rawhides C-2A: Commander, Carrier Air Wing Three: VRC-40 Det 5 Rawhides C-2A: Commander, Carrier Air ...
Pages in category "Fleet logistics support squadrons of the United States Navy" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... VRC-30; VRC-40; VRC-50
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40, Detachment 2 (VRC-40, Det. 2) (NS Norfolk, VA) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 11 (HSC-11) (NS Norfolk, VA) Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 72 (HSM-72) (NAS Jacksonville, FL)
Several U.S. Navy "Fleet Logistics Support Squadrons" provided COD services aboard carriers since the World War II, including VR-5, VR-21, VR-22, VR-23, VR-24, VRC-30, VRC-40, and VRC-50. [ citation needed ] On 6 October 2012, a MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft from squadron VMM-165 landed and refueled on board USS Nimitz (CVN-68) .
The massive explosion triggered about 100 miles off the coast of Florida registered a 3.9 on the Richter scale, the equivalent of a small earthquake.
The addition of the re-procured C-2A Greyhound brought the added responsibility of creating a new training program for the pilots and aircrew of Fleet Logistics Support Squadrons VRC-30 and VRC-40 which included the first ever C-2A night carrier qualifications. [3]