{"id":46151,"date":"2024-03-01T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/01\/navy-surges-aging-c-2-greyhound-fleet-amid-v-22-osprey-grounding\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:50:29","slug":"navy-surges-aging-c-2-greyhound-fleet-amid-v-22-osprey-grounding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/03\/01\/navy-surges-aging-c-2-greyhound-fleet-amid-v-22-osprey-grounding\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy surges aging C-2 Greyhound fleet amid V-22 Osprey grounding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s small, C-2 Greyhound fleet is picking up additional air time and surging to support aircraft carriers in the Pacific, as all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2023\/11\/30\/what-is-the-osprey-the-aircraft-at-the-center-of-multiple-tragedies\/\" target=\"_blank\">V-22 Ospreys remain grounded<\/a> following a fatal Air Force crash in Japan last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s CMV-22 Osprey, tapped to replace the aging C-2 Greyhound to fulfill the carrier onboard delivery mission to ferry personnel, mail and priority cargo from land to an aircraft carrier\u2019s deck, were grounded following a November crash that killed nine airmen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It remains unclear when Ospreys will fly again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Greyhounds from Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 are surging to fill in gaps due to the Osprey\u2019s absence, according to Naval Air Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the only C-2 Greyhound squadron, and is equipped with 15 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 is providing \u201cservice to support logistics and personnel transfers on the East and West Coasts, as well as deployed aircraft carriers in U.S. 5th and 7th Fleets,\u201d according to a Naval Air Forces spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2023\/11\/30\/what-is-the-osprey-the-aircraft-at-the-center-of-multiple-tragedies\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6418231.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">What is the Osprey, the aircraft at the center of multiple tragedies?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A brief history of the iconic, sometimes deadly, V-22.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLucky for the Navy the C-2 Greyhound is still available,\u201d Air Boss Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever said at the WEST 2024 conference in February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheever said the loss of the Osprey fleet had had \u201climited operational impacts at this point, but there are still operational impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd as you look into the future, significant operational impacts,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s the journey we\u2019re on, and we need to make it a safe and effective platform moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Naval Air Forces spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Navy Times by deadline regarding long-term operational impacts of the Osprey\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the Osprey\u2019s uncertain future, Navy officials said there is \u201cno change\u201d in its original plans to retire the C-2 Greyhound by 2026. The aircraft have been in use for 60 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/20\/air-force-knows-what-failed-in-fatal-osprey-crash-but-not-why\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force said this month<\/a> it knows what occurred to cause the November Osprey crash, but that it doesn\u2019t know why the failure happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash marked the fourth in the last two years, resulting in the deaths of at least 13 American troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of the fatal crashes have involved the Navy\u2019s Ospreys, which first arrived to the fleet in 2020 and deployed with carrier air wings in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/12\/08\/how-the-navy-is-dealing-with-a-military-wide-grounding-of-ospreys\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/8123797.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">How the Navy is dealing with a military-wide grounding of Ospreys<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">With the Osprey out of commission, officials say carriers have other options for ferrying people and supplies on and off the ships.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft designed to take off and land as a helicopter, but fly forward as an airplane. 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