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
The Grumman S-2 Tracker is the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker w
An S-2E from VS-29
Starboard wing root and fold mechanism with wing removed
U.S. Navy S-2 Tracker on the port catapult of USS Lexington ready for take-off, 22 January 1963
A TS-2A aircrew training version of the Tracker in 1976