sentences:  In addition, the old and tired "Rockwell T-2 Buckeye" was scheduled to be replaced, after 30 years of service, by a new advanced trainer that would provide adequate training for entering the 5th generation fighters era.These plans were delayed due to the Greek economic crisis (2009-2018) and the aircraft is still operational as of 2019.Initially, the most likely candidates for a new advanced training aircraft were the Boeing T-45 Goshawk (manufactured by Boeing and BAE Systems), the KAI T-50 Golden Eagle from South Korea, the Aero Vodochody L-159 ALCA from Czech Republic, the British made Hawk Mk127 LIFT and the Italian Aermacchi M-346 Advanced Trainer (The Hellenic Aerospace Industry -EAB- had signed a ""Memorandum of Understanding"" with Aermacchi since summer 2006).