T-2 Buckeye

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The T-2 Buckeye is an American-built jet trainer aircraft widely used for advanced pilot training, notably by the U.S. Navy and several foreign air forces.

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T-2 Buckeye canonical 1
T-2A Buckeye 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy trainer
jet trainer aircraft
military aircraft
airframeMaterial all‑metal
armamentCapability gun pods
practice bombs
rockets
configuration high‑mounted wing
side‑by‑side seating
twin‑engine
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crew 2
designedBy North American Aviation
surface form: North American Aviation design team
designedFor carrier operations
engineType turbojet
firstFlight 1958
introduced 1959
landingGear tricycle landing gear
landingMethod arrestor hook
manufacturer North American Aviation
maxSpeed approximately 520 knots
numberBuilt over 500
operatorEnvironment aircraft carriers
primaryUser United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
retiredFromUSService 2008
role advanced jet trainer
intermediate jet trainer
serviceCeiling approximately 40000 ft
status retired from U.S. military service
still used by some foreign operators
successorInUSNService McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk
surface form: T-45 Goshawk
T-2AEngine single Westinghouse J34 turbojet
T-2BEngine two Pratt & Whitney J60 turbojets
T-2CEngine two General Electric J85 turbojets
tailConfiguration conventional tail
takeoffMethod catapult‑assisted
usedBy Hellenic Air Force
Royal Moroccan Air Force
surface form: Moroccan Air Force

Venezuelan Air Force
other foreign air forces
usedDuring Cold War
usedFor advanced pilot training
carrier qualification training
weapons training
variant T-2 Buckeye self-linksurface differs
surface form: T-2A Buckeye

T-2B Buckeye
T-2B Buckeye
surface form: T-2C Buckeye

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Hellenic Air Force usesAircraft T-2 Buckeye
T-2 Buckeye variant T-2 Buckeye self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: T-2A Buckeye