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Inside the V-22's Carrier Delivery Mission

Aug 12, 2016

Michael Fabey | Aviation Week & Space Technology

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  Unlike the fixed-wing Greyhounds, the Ospreys can land in helicopter mode, so the tiltrotors do not need arresting gears, trap wires and aircraft-mounted tail hooks to make carrier landings.

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The U.S. Navy recently opted to use V-22 Osprey tiltrotors as its future carrier onboard delivery (COD) aircraft to replace the C-2 Greyhounds currently performing those missions. To help prepare for the transition, the Navy held demonstration operations aboard the USS Carl Vinson off the coast of South California.