Norfolk-based cargo planes back in demand for Navy
As the Navy's only C-2 Greyhound squadron, the Norfolk-based Rawhides had to pivot from a downshift in operations to an unprecedented demand following the V-22 osprey stand-down.
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As the Navy's only C-2 Greyhound squadron, the Norfolk-based Rawhides had to pivot from a downshift in operations to an unprecedented demand following the V-22 osprey stand-down.
The CMV-22B will provide the fleet’s medium-lift and long-range aerial logistics capability, eventually replacing the C-2A Greyhounds of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40.
A U.S. Navy pilot went aboard Charles de Gaulle with the C-2A Greyhound to document flight ops aboard 'The Only Foreign Aircraft Carrier We Can Land On'.
The last 15 C-2A Greyhound aircraft are surging to meet the carrier onboard delivery mission after all Ospreys were grounded in December, with DOT&E meanwhile reporting that the CMV-22 is not operationally suitable.