General Characteristics

Primary Function: All-purpose jet trainer.
Contractor: Rockwell International Corp.
Date Deployed: First flight, January 1958; Operational, July 1959; First flight of T-2C, April 1968.
Propulsion: Two General Electric 085-GE-4 turbojets (2,950 lbs thrust ea.).
Length: 38 feet 8 inches (11 meters).
Height: 14 feet 9 inches (4.7 meters).
Wingspan: 38 feet 2 inches (10.3 meters).
Weight: Take-off maximum gross, 13,180 pounds (5,931 kg); empty 8,115 pounds (3,652 kg).
Airspeed: 521 miles per hour (834 km per hour).
Ceiling: 44,400 feet.
Range: 910 miles (1,456 km).
Crew: Two (instructor pilot, student pilot).
Armament: Provision for gun pods, bombs or rockets under wings.