Page 359 · Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2)
Page 359 of the USS Constellation (CV-64) 1994–95 WESTPAC cruise book — from the section “Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2).”
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re UM WHTEaKER ‘ons: Fleet Logistics Support Sqa’tdron Thee Zero Detachment Two (VRC-30 DET 2) is a two plane Carrier Onboard Delivery Detachment of Command Gafrier Air Wing Two. VRC-30 is also @ part of Commander Airborne Early Warning Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMAEWWINGPAC). VRC-30 operatesthe dual-piloted twin Grumman C-2A Greyhound, otherwise known as “The COD.” The primary mission of the aire high-priority cargo, mail, and passengers between carriers and shore bases. The aireraft can deliver a sounds over a distance in excess of 1,000 nautical miles>A wide range of avionics ~ * equipment permits worldwide navigt munications, A few distinguishing features of the COD include a ogtaecerese high-wing, four vertical stabilizers mounted on the hort7@M iizer. and a set of hydraulically operated cargo ba ta doors at the aft end of the fusel The interior of the cabin area‘can be nt accomodate mixed loads of cargo, passengers (26 maximum), and litter patients. The crew is composed of a pilot, copilot, plane captain, and loadmaster, Det Two is the first COD detachment to routinely fly night carrier operations. The Providers of Det “ Two consist of six officers, and 44 enlisted personnel. While not deployed, VRC-30 Det Two is based at North Island, San Diego, California. 391