PACIFIC OCEAN – The “Titans” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 and members of Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 successfully delivered an F-35C power module aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U. S. Navy’s first, at-sea replenishment for this component. 210211-N-MD461-1088 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 11, 2021) Sailors with the “Argonauts” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 load an F-35C Lightning II engine module onto a CMV-22B Osprey with the “Titans” Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 30 on the flight deck of Nimitz-class nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffrey Kempton)
Navy orders four more CMV-22B variant aircraft in $309.5M deal
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A CMV-22B Osprey helicopter four more of which have been ordered by the U.S. military takes off from the USS Carl Vinson in November during the aircraft s first operations aboard an aircraft carrier. Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy
March 1 (UPI) The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office received a $309.5 million Navy contract to deliver four CMV-22B Osprey helicopters, the Defense Department said last week.
The multi-mission, tiltrotor helicopter features vertical takeoff and landing, and short takeoff and landing capabilities.
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A variant of the MV-22B, introduced in 2007, it is replacement for the C-2A Greyhound helicopter for deliveries to aircraft carriers, known as the Carrier Onboard Delivery, or COD, mission.
A screenshot from Rob Roy s split screen video of a C-2A(R) launching on Christmas Day.
Strap in the cockpit of a C-2 Greyhound as it launches from USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on Christmas Day a few years back.
Although Christmas Day is just an ordinary work day for pilots on duty all around the world, some of them like to celebrate the mission in a special way. For example, in the past we have reported about U.S. combat pilots wearing Santa Hat on their flight helmet while joining the tanker for AAR (Air-to-Air Refueling) during a combat mission on Christmas Day, and, you search online, you can find several images of U.S. Navy sailors dressed as Santa Claus working on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.
A screenshot from the split screen video embedded in the article showing the final approach to USS Truman from the cockpit of a C-2A(R).
This video from a U.S. Navy pilot really gives an idea of the amount of mental focus required to perform a trap landing on an aircraft carrier.
Rob Roy is an active duty U.S. Navy pilot. He’s logged 1,000 flight hours, 135 arrested landings, including 75 as the PIC (Pilot In Command), flying the C-2A(R) Greyhound with the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40) “Rawhides”, one of only two active fleet logistics squadrons in the Navy (the other being VRC-30). The Grumman C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft, designed to perform the COD (Carrier Onboard Delivery) mission: it carries equipment, passengers (including occasional distinguished visitors) supplies and mail to and from U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. And, considered its size, the Greyhound is, among all the other things, also one of the most difficult aircraft