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T-2 Buckeye
| North American T-2C Buckeye | ||
|---|---|---|
 North American T-2C Buckeye making an arrested landing. | ||
| Description | ||
| Role | Naval trainer | |
| Crew | 2 (student and instructor) | |
| First Flight | ||
| Entered Service | ||
| Manufacturer | North American Aviation | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 38 ft 8 in | 11 m |
| Wingspan | 38 ft 2 in | 10.3 m |
| Height | 14 ft 9 in | 4.5 m |
| Wing area | ft² | m² |
| Weights | ||
| Empty | 8,115 lb | 3,652 kg |
| Loaded | lb | kg |
| Maximum takeoff | 13,180 lb | 5,931 kg |
| Powerplant | ||
| Engines | 2 × General Electric 085-GE-4 turbojets | |
| Thrust | 2,950 lbf | 13 kN |
| Performance | ||
| Maximum speed | 521 mph | 834 km/h |
| Combat range | 910 miles | 1,456 km |
| Ferry range | miles | km |
| Service ceiling | 44,400 ft | 13,500 m |
| Rate of climb | ft/min | m/min |
| Wing loading | lb/ft² | kg/m² |
| Thrust/Weight | ||
| Avionics | ||
| Avionics | ||
| Armament | ||
| Guns | ||
| Bombs | ||
| Rockets | ||
The North American T-2 Buckeye is the United States Navy's intermediate and advanced training aircraft, introducing trainee naval aviators to jet power, carrier operations, and armaments. Students start out on a propeller-driven aircraft, the old T-34 Turbomentor being replaced by the T-6 Texan in that role. The T-2 is also in the process of being replaced by the T-45 Goshawk (the US Navy version of the BAe Hawk).
The first version of the aircraft, the T-2A, was designed in the 1950s using the wing of the early FJ Fury jet fighter, and had a single engine. The T-2B was fitted with twin engines, as was the T-2C.
While it has no built-in armament, the aircraft has a number of strongpoints to carry external armament, including gun pods and bombs.
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