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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
T-2A Buckeye 3
T-2 Buckeye canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
designedBy 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 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 ⓘ
Moroccan Air Force ⓘ
Venezuelan Air Force ⓘ
other foreign air forces ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
usedFor advanced pilot training ⓘ
carrier qualification training ⓘ
weapons training ⓘ
variant T-2A Buckeye ⓘ
linked to: T-2 Buckeye

T-2B Buckeye ⓘ
T-2C Buckeye ⓘ
linked to: T-2B Buckeye

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenic Air Force → usesAircraft → T-2 Buckeye ⓘ
T-2 Buckeye → variant → T-2A Buckeye ⓘ
linked to: T-2 Buckeye
T-2B Buckeye → precededBy → T-2A Buckeye ⓘ
linked to: T-2 Buckeye
T-2B Buckeye → improvementOver → T-2A Buckeye ⓘ
linked to: T-2 Buckeye