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Caption:
Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. (Apr. 9, 2004) -- Capt. Daniel
Ouimette, Commodore, Training Air Wing One (TW-1), left, and Cmdr. Paul
Shankland, right, Commanding Officer, Training Squadron Nine (VT-9),
presents the last T-2C Buckeye to make a carrier arrested landing to
Denis J. Kiey, Public Relations Director of the Naval Aviation Museum
Foundation. The T-2C Buckeye is a tandem-seat, carrier-capable,
all-purpose jet trainer with two turbojet engines and provisions for
gun pods, bombs or rockets under it's wings. The Buckeye is being
retired for newer, more modern training aircraft already in service.
U.S. Navy photo by Ens. April Gunsallus. (RELEASED)
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