The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and the E-2/C-2 Airborne Command & Control Systems Program Office (PMA-231) hosted “Meet the Aircraft: C-2A Greyhound” on Sept. 26, a public event honoring the aircraft’s decades-long legacy of sustaining carrier operations and fleet readiness following its retirement this summer.
The event gave visitors the chance to tour the aircraft, talk with experts, and learn how the C-2A Greyhound supported naval aviation for decades by ferrying passengers, mail and high-priority cargo out to aircraft carriers at sea. Known within the fleet as a critical link between shore and ship, the Greyhound helped keep carrier strike groups supplied, connected and mission-ready throughout its service life.
As the Navy closes this chapter of the aircraft’s history, the event also recognized the aviators, aircrew, maintainers and support personnel whose work sustained the C-2A’s operational role across decades of carrier onboard delivery missions.
“Through this community event, the museum aims to connect the public with the history of naval aviation and highlight the role aircraft such as the C-2A Greyhound played in supporting operations at sea,” according to the event’s organizers.
PMA-231 managed the C-2A Greyhound throughout its entire lifecycle. With the Greyhound now retired, the program office continues to deliver and sustain the Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and E-2C Hawkeye aircraft, combining technical expertise with strategic sustainment to provide the fleet with airborne early warning, command and control, and logistics support.
