Fleet Logistics Support Wing

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Fleet Logistics Support Wing
Boeing C-40A Clipper of VR-51 lands at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay on 26 July 2019 (190726-M-UG171-0003).JPG
A C-40A Clipper of the wing's VR-51 lands at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii in 2019
Active1974–present
(50–51 years)
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
BranchFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy
Role Airlift
Part of United States Navy Reserve
Garrison/HQ NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas [1]
Insignia
Fleet Logistics Support Wing emblem Fleet Logistics Support Wing (US Navy) emblem 2015.png
Aircraft flown
Transport C-37A Gulfstream V
C-37B Gulfstream G550
C-40A Clipper
C-130T Hercules

The Fleet Logistics Support Wing (abbreviated as FLSW, also referred to as Commander, Fleet Logistics Support Wing, CFLSW) is a reserve aircraft wing of the United States Navy, stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas. The wing contains 100 percent of the Navy's intra-theater airlift capability, having no active-duty counterpart. [2] [3] The wing is subordinate to the Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve at Naval Air Station North Island, California. [4]

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History

The wing was commissioned at Naval Support Activity New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1974 as the Reserve Tactical Support Wing, before being redesignated to its present name in 1983. Three years later, in 1986, the wing moved headquarters to Naval Air Station Dallas, Texas, before undertaking its most recent relocation to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, in 1997. [2]

Units

As of 2022, the wing is made up of 12 squadrons, based in 10 locations: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Marquez, Arthurgwain L. (2022). "Navy Reserve Force Map" (PDF). The Navy Reservist. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 "CFLSW". www.public.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Fleet Logistics Support Wing (COMFLELOGSUPPWING)". GlobalSecurity.org . Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Reserve Force Organization". The Navy Reservist. 14 April 2022. p. 7. Retrieved 6 August 2022.



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