Blue Angels Send Off the C-2A Greyhound as the Carrier Delivery Aircraft Makes Its Final Flight

Blue Angels Send Off the C-2A Greyhound as the Carrier Delivery Aircraft Makes Its Final Flight

It’s been a long time coming, but the U.S. Navy's most trusted, most used, and possibly most loved aircraft carrier-based transport airplane has finally reached the end of its natural life. And it marked the moment in style and with a bang, as part of a send-off that was attended by the Blue Angels and around 6,000 people, who gathered this week at the National Naval Aviation Museum (NNAM) at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensa... (continue reading..…

Last Navy C-2 Greyhound Escorted By All Six Blue Angels To NAS Pensacola : NorthEscambia.com

Six decades of naval aviation history came to a close on Tuesday as the last C-2 Greyhound made its final flight, escorted by all six U.S. Navy Blue Angels, landing at NAS Pensacola. The aircraft was attached to the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 Rawhides — the last squadron to operate the C-2 Greyhound aircraft. [...]

C-2A Greyhound’s Six Decades of Service Ends with Landing at NAS Pensacola - Seapower Magazine

The Navy’s final C-2A Greyhound, attached to the “Rawhides” of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40, leads a formation flight with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels over Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola’s Sherman Field during the aircraft’s final flight in service before being turned over to the National Naval Aviation Museum. Photo credit: U.S. Navy | Chief Mass Communication Specialist Ian Cotter. PENSACOLA, Fla. — A C-2A Greyhound attached to t…