See This Strange Looking Flying Thing? The Navy Thinks It's Revolutionary.

[rangerrebew]

March 5, 2020

See This Strange Looking Flying Thing? The Navy Thinks It's Revolutionary.

The CMV-22B's in-flight refueling capability could allow even longer-range flights than were possible with the C-2.
by Sebastien Roblin

Key point: Only time will tell whether the pricy CMV-22B brings about the revolution in logistics the Navy is hoping for.
 

For over fifty years, the Navy has operated C-2A Greyhound cargo haulers with twin turboprop engines to ferry personnel, supplies, mail and spare parts to its massive aircraft carriers at sea—a mission known as Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD). The Greyhound, which is derived from the Navy's E-2 Hawkeye radar planes, can haul up to five tons of cargo or 26 passengers while still managing to land and takeoff from the three-hundred-meter-long carrier flight deck—and then fold its wings to fit in the hangar deck below.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/see-strange-looking-flying-thing-navy-thinks-its-revolutionary-129522

[PeteS in CA]

Ummmm, what is so strange about a V-22 variant? I watched a V-22 flying in the airshow at Moffett Field in 1985.