Established as Advanced Training Unit two in August of 1973 at Naval Air Station Burgen, the squadron would train students in TA-4 Skyhawk Jet trainers to prepare Osean Maritime Defense Force students for more advanced A-7, F-4 and F-14 naval fighters, and then later the F/A-18 Hornet as it entered Naval service nearly a decade later.
Today, VT-2 flies the T-45 Goshawk training future OMDF and Marine aviators, as well as Aviators of allies to the Osean Federation. Naval and Marine students are selected from the top performing students from their primary training units flying the T-6B at either Naval Station Lakeshore or Naval Station Cayuga
