Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it:

The Buckeye was designed as a low-cost multi-stage trainer. Its wing is
similar to that used in the original North American FJ-1 Fury. Its cockpit
controls are similar to the T-28C trainer.

The first version of the aircraft entered service in 1959 as the T2J-1. It
was re-designated the T-2A in 1962 under the joint aircraft designation
system. The two-seat trainer was powered by one Westinghouse J34-WE-46/48
engine. The aircraft was subsequently redesigned, and the single engine was
replaced with two Pratt & Whitney J60-P-6 engines in the T-2B. The T-2C was
fitted with two much more powerful 2,950 lbf (13,100 N) thrust General
Electric J85-GE-4 engines. The T-2D was an export version which was sold to
the Venezuelan air force. The T-2E was another export version which was sold
to the Greek Air Force. The T-2 Buckeye replaced the T2V-1/T-1A Seastar,
though the T-1 would continue in some uses into the 1970s.

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 state tree of Ohio, as well as the mascot of
the Ohio State University.

Virtually every Naval aviator from the late 1950's until 2004 received
training in the T-2 Buckeye, a career spanning four decades.

While it has no built-in armament, the T-2 has two underwing hardpoints for
..50 in gun pods, 100 lb (45 kg) practice bombs or 2.75 in rockets.

Several T-2 Buckeyes are now registered in civilian markings and regularly
appear at airshows.

"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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Pensacola Beachcomber wrote

Over the Gulf of Mexico aircraft from VT-86 practice for a
commemorative flyover of the Naval Air Station Pensacola Sherman Field
in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first flight on the T-2
Buckeye series aircraft on January 31, 1951.

Was the Buckeye really first flown that long ago? I went through
Pensacola in 1958 and there was no word of it being in the works.

I did fly a "T-2" in 1959, but it was a Lockheed T2V-1 SeaStar, a
modified T-33 with a humpback canopy and a tailhook. I believe
that it was later re-designated the T-1A.

Bob Moore
PreFlight Class 12-58
T-34, T-28, T2V, S2F