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We’ve Been Trying to Reach You About Your COD’s Extended Warranty Patch — The Call You Never Wanted
Your warranty expired somewhere over the Philippine Sea. Good luck with that.
The C-2A Greyhound — lovingly known as the “COD” (Carrier Onboard Delivery) — has been the Navy’s flying delivery truck since the 1960s, hauling jet engines, mail, passengers, and anything else a carrier strike group needs to stay in the fight. Built by Grumman as a cargo variant of the E-2 Hawkeye, the COD can deliver 10,000 pounds of payload, land on a carrier deck, and fold its wings for storage — all while being unstable in every axis. During a typical six-month deployment, a two-aircraft COD detachment racks up about 1,000 flight hours and hauls roughly a million pounds of cargo. Now that the CMV-22B Osprey is taking over the mission, the Greyhound’s days are numbered — but its legend is forever. This morale patch captures the running joke that the COD has been on borrowed time for decades.
Perfect For: VRC-30 and VRC-40 COD crews, C-2 Greyhound pilots and loadmasters, carrier logistics personnel, and anyone who’s ever ridden backwards in a cargo net praying the warranty was still good.
Please stay on the line — your COD is important to us.
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