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VRC-40 (Rawhides)
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Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40) was commissioned on 1 July 1960 and is tasked with providing Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) services to the U.S. Navy's Second, Fifth, and Sixth Fleets. VRC-40, homeported at NS Norfolk, operates the Grumman C-2A Greyhound and reports to Commander, Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
VR-30
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On 4 October 1966, Grumman C2A Greyhound # 152786 was received followed closely by 152787 and 152788. All three of these were put aboard USS ENTERPRISE on 9 November 1966 for transportation to NAS Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands and transfer to VRC-50. C2A number 152789 was received on 12 December 1966.
Grumman C-2A Greyhound BuNo 159794 of the VR-30 at the old NAS Moffett Field in 1967. Boerries Burkhardt Collection
VRC-30 DET 1 (Hustlers)
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In 2015, VRC-30 Detachment ONE successfully completed an unparalleled nine and a half month deployment that provided the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)/CVW-17/CSG-1 team with combat logistics support throughout the FIFTH and SEVENTH Fleets Area of Responsibilities, and supported FS CHARLES DE GUALLE (R91) for three months of joint carrier operations across the North Arabian Gulf. Missions were planned and executed into and out of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, Malaysia, Brunei, Australia, and Guam. Throughout 2015, Detachment ONE successfully moved 5,581 passengers, 754 DVs, 116,100 pounds of mail, and 858,030 pounds of cargo, while executing 22 life-saving medical evacuations. The "Hustlers" of Detachment ONE were awarded the 2015 CVW-17 Golden Wrench Award for Maintenance Excellence for achieving a 96 percent sortie completion rate while operating at a high operational tempo. In theater, Detachment ONE received well above average marks during their mid-cruise Material Condition Inspection (MCI) to include several accolades for maintenance personnel. Over the course of deployment, the detachment executed an unprecedented swap of six pilots without interrupting or impeding operations. Detachment ONE closed the deployment with yet another successful MCI where each aircraft had a 50 percent reduction in maintenance discrepancies from the previous inspection, demonstrating Detachment ONE's commitment to maintenance professionalism. While returning to San Diego, Detachment ONE personnel operated forward logistics sites out of Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce, Perth, Western Australia and Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Source: COMACCLOGWING VRC-30 WebSite)
I LIKE THE HUSTLERS....| YEAR | DATE | AIRCRAFT CARRIER | C-2A BuNo (Modex/Side Number) |
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| 1996 | 11 MAY 1996 - 14 NOV 1996 | USS CARL VINSON /CVN-70) | NK | CVW-14 WESTPAC / IO / P-GULF |
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| 1998 | 11 JUN 1998 - 11 DEC 1998 | USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) | (NK-27) / 162146 (NK-34) | CVW-14 | LCDR Doug "SNOOP" Carsten, LT K.E. Schaffler, LT P.I. Faucheux, LT K.S. Kinsella, LT S.C. Lippencott, LT M.D. Mulloy, LT L.P. Goncalves |
| 1999 | 162146 (NK-34) | ||||
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| 2002 | 20 JUL 2002 - 6 MAY 2003 | USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) | 162148 (NK 31) | WESTPAC | |
| 2003 | USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) | ||||
| 2006 | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN-76) | 162140 (NK-34) / 162172 (NK-22) | |||
| 2011 | 2 FEB 2011- 9 SEP 2011 | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN-76) | 162163 (NK 26) / (NK 39) | CVW-14 "NK" |
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| 2014 | 22 AUG 2014 - 4 JUN 2015 | USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) | 23 / 162175 (33) | CSG-1 / CVW-2 | LT Garvin Kurey, LT Ben "BEAN BAG" Ruth |
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| 2018 | 162140 (22) / 162173 (24) |
The "Hustlers" of Detachment ONE were awarded the 2015 CVW-17 Golden Wrench Award for Maintenance Excellence for achieving a 96 percent sortie completion rate while operating at a high operational tempo.
AWF 2nd Class Muirhead lubricates the tailhook of a Grumman C-2A Greyhound, assigned to the Hustlers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron VRC-30 DET 1, in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). (U.S. Navy photo (ID4338093) by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael Colemanberry)