C-2A Greyhound

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carrier onboard delivery aircraft high‑wing aircraft military transport aircraft twin‑engine turboprop aircraft

The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine, high-wing cargo aircraft used by the U.S. Navy primarily for carrier onboard delivery of personnel, mail, and supplies to and from aircraft carriers.

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Label Occurrences
C-2A Greyhound canonical 3
C-2A(R) 1
C-2A(R) Reprocured Greyhound 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier onboard delivery aircraft ⓘ
high‑wing aircraft ⓘ
military transport aircraft ⓘ
twin‑engine turboprop aircraft ⓘ
affiliation Department of the Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of the Navy
aircraftCategory fixed‑wing aircraft ⓘ
airframeDerivedFrom E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ⓘ
surface form: E-2 Hawkeye
basedOn E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ⓘ
surface form: E-2 Hawkeye
capability arrested landing ⓘ
catapult launch ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 4 ⓘ
designation C-2A ⓘ
designedBy Grumman ⓘ
surface form: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
designedFor carrier operations ⓘ
designedToOperateFrom aircraft carriers ⓘ
engineType turboprop ⓘ
enteredServiceWith United States Navy ⓘ
firstFlight 1964 ⓘ
hasFeature folding wings ⓘ
pressurized cabin ⓘ
rear loading ramp ⓘ
hasVariant C-2A Greyhound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: C-2A(R) Reprocured Greyhound
introduced 1966 ⓘ
landingGearType tricycle landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Grumman ⓘ
militaryBranchRole naval aviation ⓘ
NATOReportingName Greyhound ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
primaryRole cargo transport ⓘ
carrier onboard delivery ⓘ
mail transport ⓘ
personnel transport ⓘ
propulsion two turboprop engines ⓘ
roleInFleet logistics support aircraft ⓘ
serviceBranch United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy
status in service ⓘ
successor MV-22B Osprey ⓘ
surface form: CMV-22B Osprey
tailConfiguration high‑mounted tail ⓘ
usedFor logistical support of aircraft carriers ⓘ
resupply of aircraft carrier strike groups ⓘ
transport of high‑priority cargo ⓘ
transport of replacement engines ⓘ
usedInConflict Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
wingConfiguration high wing ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Navy aircraft → notableExample → C-2A Greyhound ⓘ
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) → aircraftCarried → C-2A Greyhound ⓘ
C-2A Greyhound → hasVariant → C-2A Greyhound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-2A(R) Reprocured Greyhound
Northrop Grumman C-2 Greyhound → alliedDesignation → C-2A Greyhound ⓘ
Northrop Grumman C-2 Greyhound → modernizedVariant → C-2A Greyhound ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-2A(R)