North American T-2 Buckeye

[3] North American's design, designated the T2J-1 by the US Navy, was a mid-winged monoplane with trainee and instructor sitting in tandem on North American-built ejection seats, with the rear (instructor's) seat raised to give a good view over the trainee's head.

[5] While it had no built-in armament, the T2J-1 could accommodate two .50-inch gun pods, 100 lb (45 kg) practice bombs, or 2.75-inch rockets beneath the wings.

The first T2J-1 flew on 31 January 1958,[6] and the type entered service with Basic Training Group Seven, soon to become VT-7 at Naval Air Station Meridian in 1959.

The aircraft was subsequently redesigned, and the single engine was replaced with two 3,000 lbf (13,000 N) Pratt & Whitney J60-P-6 turbojets in the T-2B.

Several T-2 Buckeyes, although still retaining their USN markings, are now registered as civilian-owned aircraft with FAA "N" numbers; they regularly appear at airshows.

A T-2C being parked at Naval Air Station Pensacola , Florida, on August 30, 2005
A T-2A of VT-7 on USS Antietam in the early 1960s
A T-2E Buckeye of the Hellenic Air force.
A civilian-operated T-2B Buckeye [ 11 ] painted in United States Navy colors
CAPT Dan Ouimette, Commodore of TRAWING ONE, and CDR Paul Shankland, CO of VT-9, present the last T-2C to make a carrier arrested landing to the National Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pensacola.
Map with T-2 Buckeye operators in blue and former operators in red
T-2 Buckeye on display at the Texas Air Museum in Slaton, Texas