VR-64

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 64
Active1 November 1970 – present[1]
(54 years)
Country United States
Branch United States Navy
TypeSquadron
RoleLogistics
Part ofUnited States Navy Reserve
Garrison/HQFort Dix, New Jersey
Nickname(s)Condors, Flying Chicken
Insignia
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 64 emblem
Patrol Squadron 64 emblem
Aircraft flown
TransportC-130T

Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 64 (VR-64), nicknamed the Condors, is a logistics squadron of the U.S. Navy Reserve, based at the Fort Dix entity of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst. The squadron was established as Patrol Squadron 64 (VP-64) on 1 November 1970 and redesignated on 18 September 2004, after 34 years of service. It was based at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania until it was transferred to the Fort Dix element of Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst in 2011.[2] Units of the squadron made 26 major overseas deployments.[3][4]

  1. ^ Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (11 April 2012). OPNAV INSTRUCTION 5030.4G (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Navy. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ Sloan, Dennis L. (24 March 2011). "All hands on deck: VR-64 arrives at JB MDL". Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  3. ^ Roberts, Michael D. (2000). Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons, Volume 2, Chapter 3, Section 11: Patrol Squadron Histories for 2nd VP-62 to VP-90 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. pp. 329–331. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ Leland, Wendy (1 January 2005). "Airscoop: VP-64 becomes VR-64" (PDF). Naval Aviation News: 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.