 {| |} the north american t-2 buckeye was the united states navy's intermediate training aircraft, intended to introduce u.s. navy and u.s. marine corps student naval aviators and student naval flight officers to jets. it entered initial service in 1959, and was replaced by the t-45 goshawk in 2008. ==design and development== the first version of the aircraft entered service in 1959 as the t2j-1. it was redesignated the t-2a in 1962 under the joint aircraft designation system. the two-seat trainer was powered by one westinghouse j34-we-46/48 turbojet. the aircraft was subsequently redesigned, and the single engine was replaced with two pratt & whitney j60-p-6 turbojets in the t-2b. the t-2c was fitted with two much more powerful  thrust general electric j85-ge-4 turbojets. the t-2d was an export version which was sold to the venezuelan air force, while the t-2e was sold to the greek air force. the t-2 buckeye (along with the tf-9j) replaced the t2v-1/t-1a seastar, though the t-1 would continue in some uses into the 1970s.  the buckeye was designed as a low-cost multi-stage trainer. its straight wing was similar to that used in the original north american fj-1 fury and its cockpit controls were similar to the t-28c trojan trainer. the t-2's performance was between that of the u.s. air force's t-37 tweet, and the u.s. navy's ta-4j skyhawk. while it had no built-in armament, the t-2 had two underwing hardpoints for .50 in gun pods,  practice bombs or 2.75 in rockets. all t-2 buckeyes were manufactured by north american at air force plant 85, located just south of port columbus airport in columbus, ohio. 273 aircraft were built during its production run. the name buckeye refers to the 
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