VRC-30 (Providers)

c2greyhound

Service Life Extension Program (SLEP)
Since 1964 in service and still the backboone of the carrier fleet.
READY for the next carrier landing
Powered by two Allison T56-A-425 turboprop engines
BACK IN HISTORY
to former C-2A squadrons like VRC-50 (Foo Dog), VR-24 (Lifting Eagle) and VAW-110 (Firebirds)
Support since 1964
Based at Naval Air Station North Island and Naval Air Station Oceana
VRC-30 (PROVIDERS) & VRC-40 (RAWHIDES)
GREYHOUND DRIVER
It is a privilege to be a COD pilot
COD SERVICE WORLDWIDE
backbone of the fleet
The PROVIDERS
we provide COD Service to aicraft carriers with a length of 56 ft 10 in (17.30 m) and a wingspan of 80 ft 7 in (24.60 m)
Fly in a modern world

Welcome and Thank You

Welcome to my Grumman C-2A Greyhound web page. This page is not related to the Northrop Grumman Corporation or to any U.S. NAVY squadron. But you’ll find here information, pictures and facts related to this wonderful aircraft. Thanks to the great people who fly and serve to keep them flying.

Latest Update

Book Review

Great first with this superb collection of photos listing the 39 second batch C-2A Greyhounds delivered between 1985 and 1990. This landscape book on the C-2 puts photos at their best and presents each aircraft with a selection of one to three never-seen-before photos by the author or his large network. Each unit has a short chapter, and a 'walk-around' type photo album concludes the aircraft presentation. And because Boerries is an avid enthusiast, he has a hawk’s eye, a sense for detail that model makers will love, with stunning colourful liveries and a plethora of interior and exterior photos. Suffice to say that this first try is largely converted on this lesser known aircraft, even if it is so familiar after all these years hitting American flight decks (and occasionally French ones). The R in the designation means Reprocured (for new order) but these planes have also undergone an engine and avionics modernization, particularly with NP2000 eight-bladed propellers, still under the same designation though. You’ll now have to find one of the rare models or conversions to build a perfect Greyhound (1/48 Kinetic, 1/72 RHVP and Falcon conversions, based on Hasegawa or Fujimi’s Hawkeye), with a little work involved! But now, you have THE source for your enterprise! (Sam Prétat - AIF FAN)

Details: Written by Boerries Burkhardt; Category: Squadrons; Last Updated: August 18 2018; Hits: 12472


VRC-30
GREYHOUND DRIVER

VRC-30 operates the venerable C-2A Greyhound in the performance of the Carrier On-Board Delivery "C.O.D." mission. The Providers transport passengers, high-priority aircraft, ship, and weapons system components, U.S. Mail, and other cargo to and from the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers, both at home in Southern California and wherever our CVNs may be deployed around the world. By providing rapid daily air delivery service between ship and shore, VRC-30 maximizes the warfighting readiness of deployed Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) and enables CSG commanders to bring maximum lethality to the enemies of the United States, wherever they may be.

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