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The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft designed to carry supplies, mail, and passengers to and from aircraft carriers of the United States Navy. Its primary mission is carrier onboard delivery (COD). The aircraft provides critical logistics support to carrier strike groups.
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A Gannet COD.4 from HMS Victorious (R38) aboard USS Bennington in 1965 A C-1A Trader in 1987 US-3A of VRC-50 in 1987. Early United States Navy (USN) recognition of need for a cargo plane capable of carrier landings resulted in airframe conversion of Grumman TBM-3 Avenger torpedo bombers to unarmed seven-passenger COD aircraft designated TBM-3R.
VRC-40, homeported at NS Norfolk, operates the Grumman C-2A Greyhound and reports to Commander, Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. A VRC-40 C-1 Trader on the USS Lexington (AVT-16) in 1985. Maintaining and flying the squadron's 14 aircraft are nearly 320 enlisted personnel and 42 officers.
C-1 Trader – Grumman (redesignated from Navy TF) C-2 Greyhound – Grumman; C-3 – Martin (redesignated from Navy RM) C-4 Academe – Grumman; C-5 Galaxy – Lockheed; C-6 – Beechcraft; C-7 Caribou – de Havilland Canada (redesignated from V-2) C-7 – de Havilland Canada (conflicting designation, redesignated to O-5)
The medium-lift variant will operate as a carrier on-board delivery (COD) aircraft to meet the logistics support requirements of the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC) during time-critical scenarios. It will replace Northrop Grumman-built C-2A Greyhound cargo aircraft that has been in service with the US Navy since the 1960s.
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. [2] Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman and his business partners, it merged in 1994 with Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman .
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