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US Navy - Fleet Logistics Support
Squadron 50 (FLELOGSUPPRON 50) VRC-50 'Foo Dogs' |
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 Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - October 1993  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - October 1993  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - 1993  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - 1993  Lockheed C-130F Hercules (VRC-50) at Andersen AFB, Guam - August 1992  Lockheed C-130F Hercules (VRC-50) at Andersen AFB, Guam - August 1992  Lockheed C-130F Hercules (VRC-50) in a damaged hangar at Andersen AFB, Guam after Typhoon Omar - August 1992  Lockheed C-130F Hercules (VRC-50) at Andersen AFB, Guam - August 1992  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) at NAS Agana, Guam - July 1992  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) at NAS Agana, Guam - July 1992  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) at NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - April 1992  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) at NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - August 1991  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) during Operation Provide Comfort - April 1991  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) embarked on USS Independence (CV 62) - early 1990's  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - mid 1980's  cutout  cutout  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - mid 1980's  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) - mid 1980's  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Midway (CV 41) - 1987  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Constellation (CV 64) - 1987  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - 1985  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory - 1983  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) embarked on USS America (CV 66) over the Mediterranean Sea - 1983  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) embarked on USS America (CV 66) over the Mediterranean Sea - 1983  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Enterprise (CVN 65) - circa 1982  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) at NAS Cubi Point, Philippines - September 1981  Lockheed US-3A Viking (VRC-50) embarked on USS Midway (CV 41) - 1980's  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - 1980's  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) aboard USS Coral Sea (CVA 43) - 1969-70  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) assigned to USS Enterprise (CVAN 65) - undated  Grumman C-2A Greyhound (VRC-50) aboard USS Yorktown (CVS 10) - 1967-68 |
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VRC-50 was a Fleet Logistics Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron
was established as Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 50 (VRC-50) on 1
October 1966, redesignated as Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Fifty
(VRC-50) on 1 April 1976 and disestablished on 7 October 1994. The squadron was assigned to these homebases: NAS Atsugi, Japan NAS North Island, California NAS Cubi Point, Philippines Andersen Air Force Base, Guam some historycal facts: 2 October 1969, C-2A #152796 crashed on approach to the USS Constellation on a flight from NAS Cubi Point, all 26 passengers and crew were listed as killed in action, the bodies were not recovered. 15 December 1970, C-2A #152793 crashed shortly after launch from USS Ranger, all 3 crewmen were listed as missing in action, body not recovered. 20 January 1989, US-3A #157996 crashed near Subic Bay, Philippines. Both crewmen, including the commanding officer were killed. source: wikipedia - - - - - another history: On 1 October 1966, VR-21’s California and Japan detachments were reorganized as Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Thirty (VR-30) in Alameda and Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Fifty (VRC-50) in Atsugi. This reorganization coincided with the fleet introduction of a new COD aircraft, Grumman’s C-2A Greyhound. The Greyhound offered VR and VRC squadrons a drastically improved logistics capability over the C-1A Trader, enabling more than 8,500 pounds of cargo or up to 26 passengers to be carried to or from the ship at faster speeds, higher altitudes, and longer ranges than its predecessors. The ceremonial introduction of the Greyhound into fleet service took place on 4 October 1966 at Alameda, when bureau number 152786 was received by VR-30. This aircraft and two others were promptly deployed aboard USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in November 1966 and transferred to VRC-50 at their detachment site in NAS Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Philippines. Due to the relatively small number of new C-2A aircraft (only 17 were originally built), the Greyhounds were primarily dedicated to forward deployed operations in the Western Pacific (by VRC-50) and the Mediterranean (by Fleet Tactical Support Squadron Twenty Four, or VR-24). VR-30 continued to meet Pacific Fleet shore and COD transport requirements using the Samaritan and the Trader. The next few years were extremely busy for the “Foo Dogs” of VRC-50, who saw two homeport changes and the addition of two new airframes between 1966 and 1972. After establishing a permanent detachment at Cubi Point in 1968, the squadron moved its headquarters from Japan to North Island in 1971. After establishing a another permanent detachment site in Danang, Vietnam in December of 1971, the squadron changed its homeport again, this time moving headquarters to Cubi Point in July 1972. The Foo Dogs received the North American CT-39E Sabreliner in July 1967 and the Lockheed C-130F Hercules in June 1969, and employed both in the role of Western Pacific shore logistics and executive transport, while continuing to fly Traders and Greyhounds in performance of the COD mission. Meanwhile, the “Providers” of VR-30 continued to support west coast fleet operations and carrier deployments to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. From 1968 to 1973, VR-30 COD detachments operated aboard various carriers in support of recovery operations for Apollo missions X, XI, XII, and XVI. Both VR-30 and VRC-50 supported aircraft carriers operating at Yankee Station during the Vietnam War, operating C-1A and C-2A aircraft from Danang and Cubi Point. In 1971, VR-30 received the Saberliner, followed by its first McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II aircraft in May 1973, thereby greatly increasing the shore transport capabilities of the Providers. In 1976 VRC-50 was redesignated as Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Five Zero. On 1 October 1978, shortly after relocating from Alameda to its present-day home at NAS North Island, VR-30 was redesignated Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Three Zero (VRC-30). In 1980, VRC-30 received its first UC-12 Huron and was designated the Fleet Replacement Squadron for the Navy’s UC-12 community. Another aircraft variant was welcomed into VRC-50 in the early 1980’s, the Lockheed US-3B Viking, which was operated as a Foo Dog COD aircraft for more than a decade. VRC-30 welcomed the newly reprocured C-2A in 1985, and finally retired the venerable C-1A the following year, after 28 years of service. The Providers flew their last two Traders, bureau numbers 136786 and 146024, to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona and inducted them into the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center for permanent preservation on 5 June 1986. In 1992, following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo just north of Cubi Point and as part of the general withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from the Philippines, VRC-50 relocated to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. In the summer of 1994, VRC-50’s aircraft began to be transferred to other units in preparation for disestablishment of the squadron. VRC-30 absorbed many former Foo Dog personnel and aircraft, and used three Greyhounds and approximately forty personnel to man and equip a brand new permanent detachment at Atsugi, Japan. Fleet Logistics Support Squadron Three Zero Detachment Five was officially established on 7 August 1994 under the charge of CDR Linda C. Shaffer-Vanaria; the detachment was placed under operational control of Carrier Air Wing Five (CVW-5) in support of the Independence Carrier Battle Group. Between 18 August and 18 September 1994, Detachment Five received C-2A aircraft bureau numbers 162141, 162147, and 162150 from VRC-50. On 30 September 1994, VRC-50 was decommissioned at Guam. source: VRC-30/Det.5 history |
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