{"id":3214138,"date":"2026-06-30T16:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/c-2-greyhound-last-carrier-trap-nimitz-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:24:23","slug":"c-2-greyhound-letzter-tragerfalle-nimitz-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/c-2-greyhound-last-carrier-trap-nimitz-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Greyhound fliegt ihren letzten Flugzeugtr\u00e4ger-Landeflug"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>For sixty years, one of the most welcome sounds on an American aircraft carrier was not a fighter. It was the drone of two big turboprops on approach. The C-2 Greyhound brought the mail, the spare parts, the fresh food, and the sailors heading home on leave. On 25 June 2026, aboard USS Nimitz, one made the last carrier landing the type will ever make.<\/p><p>A C-2A of the &ldquo;Rawhides&rdquo; of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 trapped aboard the Nimitz, then took the catapult shot off the bow &mdash; the final arrested landing and launch of a Greyhound at sea. After nearly six decades, the Navy&rsquo;s Carrier Onboard Delivery mission belongs to someone else now.<\/p><p>That someone is the CMV-22B Osprey, the tiltrotor that has quietly taken over one of the fleet&rsquo;s most important and least glamorous jobs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border:1px solid #d6e0ff;border-radius:8px;padding:16px 20px;margin:22px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#1a1a1a\">Quick Facts<\/p><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Event<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Last C-2A Greyhound arrested landing and catapult launch from a carrier<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">25 June 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Ship<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">USS Nimitz (CVN 68)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Squadron<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">VRC-40 &ldquo;Rawhides&rdquo; (Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>In service<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">Since 1966 &mdash; nearly 60 years of carrier onboard delivery<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 14px 6px 0;color:#555;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\"><strong>Replaced by<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#222\">The Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The plane that kept the carrier running<\/h2><p>Every carrier at sea depends on a steady trickle of parts, mail, people, and priority cargo from shore. That is the Carrier Onboard Delivery, or COD, mission, and since 1966 the C-2 has owned it. Derived from the E-2 Hawkeye radar plane, the Greyhound has folding wings, a rear cargo ramp, and the structural toughness to be slammed onto a pitching deck and yanked to a stop by an arresting wire &mdash; day after day, for generations.<\/p><p>It was never the aircraft anyone painted on a recruiting poster. But ask any sailor who spent months at sea what &ldquo;the COD is inbound&rdquo; meant, and you will get the same answer: letters from home, and a box of something that had not come out of the ship&rsquo;s galley.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Why retire a workhorse that works?<\/h2><p>The short answer is age and commonality. The Greyhound airframes are 1960s designs, and spare parts for a small, elderly fleet only get harder to find. The Osprey, by contrast, shares parts and training with the Marine Corps&rsquo; MV-22, can fly farther, and can deliver to far more ships than just carriers &mdash; an amphibious assault ship or a destroyer, not only a flattop with a flight deck long enough to trap an aeroplane.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=188393419  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/cmv-22b-osprey-uss-nimitz.jpg\" alt=\"A CMV-22B Osprey lands aboard USS Nimitz\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The Greyhound&rsquo;s successor: a CMV-22B Osprey lands aboard USS Nimitz, the same carrier where the C-2 flew its final trap. Photo: U.S. Navy \/ Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So the &ldquo;no-fail&rdquo; logistics job &mdash; the one the fleet literally cannot operate without &mdash; has passed to the tiltrotor.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The end of an era<\/h2><p>The Greyhounds will keep flying from shore bases until later this year before they are fully retired, but their carrier days are over. The catapult shot off the Nimitz on 25 June was the last time one will ever be hurled off a flight deck.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1lCgBm6jGJA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-8px\">A C-2A Greyhound catapult launch and arrested recovery &mdash; the violent, everyday ballet the type performed for six decades.<\/p><p>A fighter gets the glory. The Greyhound got the gratitude. Sixty years of mail calls and milk runs ended with one last trap on the Nimitz &mdash; and a generation of sailors who will always remember the sound of the COD coming home.<\/p><p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-top:18px\">Sources: The War Zone; Janes; U.S. Navy.<\/p><!-- mf-faq -->\n\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;color:#5C91FF}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}<\/style><h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is the C-2 Greyhound?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing carrier-capable transport aircraft. Derived from the E-2 Hawkeye, it performed the U.S. Navy\\u2019s Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) mission \\u2014 carrying cargo, mail, and passengers to and from aircraft carriers \\u2014 from 1966 until 2026.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>When did the C-2 make its last carrier landing?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>A C-2A Greyhound of squadron VRC-40, the \\u201cRawhides,\\u201d made the type\\u2019s final arrested landing and catapult launch from a carrier aboard USS Nimitz on 25 June 2026.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What is carrier onboard delivery (COD)?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>Carrier Onboard Delivery is the mission of flying parts, mail, priority cargo, and personnel between shore and an aircraft carrier at sea. It keeps a deployed carrier supplied and is considered a \\u201cno-fail\\u201d task for sustaining operations.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>What replaced the C-2 Greyhound?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Bell-Boeing CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor has taken over the Navy\\u2019s COD mission. It shares parts and training with the Marine Corps MV-22, flies farther, and can deliver to a wider range of ships than the carrier-only Greyhound.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>How long was the C-2 Greyhound in service?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The C-2 entered service in 1966 and served for nearly 60 years before its carrier operations ended in June 2026. The remaining aircraft are expected to be fully retired later in 2026.<\/p><\/div><\/details><details class=\"mf-faq-item\"><summary>Why is the Navy retiring the Greyhound?<\/summary><div class=\"mf-faq-answer\"><p>The Greyhound fleet is small and based on 1960s airframes, making spare parts increasingly scarce. The CMV-22B Osprey offers commonality with existing tiltrotors, greater range, and the ability to deliver to many more ship types.<\/p><\/div><\/details><\/div>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"What is the C-2 Greyhound?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"The Grumman C-2 Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing carrier-capable transport aircraft. 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