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    Airframe Family: North American T-2 Buckeye
    Latest Model:T-2C Buckeye
    Last Military Serial:158596 USN
    Construction Number:346-22
    Compressed ID:NA T-2C sn 158596 USN cn 346-22
    Latest Owner or Location:Sampson World War II Navy Veterans Memorial Museum, Sampson State Park, Romulus, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-2C.

    1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158596.

    From 1972 to After July 1988

    Transferred to Training Squadron 26 (VT-26)/Training Wing 3 (TW-3), NAS Chase Field, Beeville, TX.
    Operated with markings: 3L-658

    By July 1988

    Markings Applied: C-641

    By May 1994

    Transferred to Training Squadron 23 (VT-23)/Training Wing 2 (TW-2), NAS Kingsville, TX.
    Operated with markings: B-344

    21 May 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare Airport, on the ANG/AFR ramp during open house.

    7 July 1994

    Transferred to Training Squadron 23 (VT-23)/Training Wing 1 (TW-1) NAS Meridian, MS.

    By August 1997

    Transferred to Training Squadron 19 (VT-19), Training Wing 1 (TW-1), NAS Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: A-939

    By August 2001

    Transferred to Training Squadron 9 (VT-9)/TW-1, NAS Meridian, MS.

    6 April 2004

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    May 2007

    To Sampson World War II Navy Veterans Memorial Museum, Sampson State Park, Romulus, NY.
    View the Location Dossier

    22 May 2007


    Photographer: Martin McGuire
    Notes: Located at Sampson State Park, Romulus, NY, USA
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation Photo Company
    Global Security.org
    Naval History and Heritage Command
    Naval History and Heritage Command
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Martin McGuire
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