Carrier onboard delivery
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Carrier onboard delivery is the use of carrier-based aircraft to transport personnel, mail, supplies and high-priority cargo such as replacement parts, from shore bases to an aircraft carrier at sea.
USS George Washington (CVN-73) crew unload mail from two C-2A Greyhounds in 2011
A Gannet COD.4 from HMS Victorious (R38) aboard USS Bennington in 1965
A C-1A Trader in 1987
US-3A of VRC-50 in 1987
Lockheed S-3 Viking
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The Lockheed S-3 Viking is a four-crew, twin-engine turbofan-powered subsonic anti-submarine jet aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Corporation. Because of
Carrier onboard delivery
…1960s Grumman began production of a cargo variant of its twin-turboprop E-2 Hawkeye Airborne Early Warning aircraft known as the C-2A Greyhound. Five Lockheed US-3A Viking aircraft were also used from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. The C-2 has remained the U.S. Navy's primary COD vehicle since that time. Several U.S…
An S-3A Viking from ASW squadron VS-37 Sawbucks
YS-3A prototype
S-3 escape system testing
S-3A with extended MAD-sensor