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Encyclopedia > Carrier onboard delivery

A Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) is a military term used to describe type of aircraft which are able to ferry crew, cargo, and mail on and off a naval ship (mainly an aircraft carrier).


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C-2 Greyhound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (435 words)
The C-2A Greyhound is a twin-engine cargo aircraft, designed to provide critical logistics support to aircraft carriers of the United States Navy.
The C-2 Greyhound is a derivative of the E-2 Hawkeye and replaced the piston-engined C-1 Trader in the Carrier Onboard Delivery role.
During the period November 1985 to February 1987, VR-24, operating with seven Reprocured C-2As, demonstrated exceptional operational readiness while delivering two million pounds (900 t) of cargo, two million pounds (900 t) of mail and 14,000 passengers in support of the European and Mediterranean theatres.
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