The following versions (T-2B and T-2C) would use two engines. It was a single engine aircraft powered by a Westinghouse J34-WE-48 with 3,400 pounds of thrust. The first version of the T-2 was designated T-2J-1-S, later redesignated the T-2A. An armament package was available that upgraded the T-2 to a six-mount status via an armament accessory kit that made the aircraft an effective light attack aircraft. It was capable of carrying a wide variety of training weapons packages (bombs, rockets and gun pods) on two wing mounts. The Buckeye was used for teaching a wide range of skills, including high-altitude, high-speed formation and aerobatic flights basic and radio instruments night and day navigation and gunnery, bombing, and carrier operations. The trainer established an outstanding record of safety and reliability while providing training for more than 11,000 students to pilot 18 different models of Navy jet aircraft. T-2 trainers were used by the Naval Air Training Command to conduct advanced combat training for future Navy and Marine Corps aviators. Navy produced by North American (later Rockwell). T-2 Buckeye was a jet trainer aircraft for the U.S.
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