The U.S. Navy has completed the final flight of the Grumman C-2A Greyhound, ending nearly 60 years of operational service for the carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft.
The aircraft, assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40, flew from Norfolk, Virginia, to Naval Air Station Pensacola on July 28. Before landing, it joined the U.S. Navy Blue Angels in a formation flight over the base, where thousands of current and former Greyhound crew members gathered to mark the occasion.
The retirement follows the type’s final operational deployment aboard USS Nimitz in June. That mission ended the Greyhound’s carrier operations, while the flight to Pensacola closed the aircraft’s active service with the U.S. Navy.
Derived from the E-2 Hawkeye, the C-2A entered service in 1966 to transport personnel, mail, spare parts and other high-priority cargo between shore bases and aircraft carriers. The aircraft also supported medical evacuation missions throughout its career.
According to the U.S. Navy, the Greyhound completed more than 250,000 arrested landings aboard aircraft carriers while transporting millions of passengers and more than 100 million pounds of cargo.
The carrier onboard delivery mission has transitioned to the Bell Boeing CMV-22B Osprey. The final C-2A will remain at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, where it is expected to become part of the permanent collection in 2027.
