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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-80/P-80/T-33/TO/TV Shooting Star / T2V Sea Star / CT-133 Silver Star / F-94 Starfire
    Latest Model:T-33A-5-LO
    Last Military Serial:53-5944 USAF
    Construction Number:580-9420
    Latest Owner or Location:196th FIS, 163D FIG, California ANG, Fresno ANGB, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-33A-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5944.

    Circa 1968

    Transferred to 176th FIS, 115th FIG, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field ANGB, WI.

    By 1976

    Transferred to 134th DSES, 158th DSEG, Vermont ANG, Burlington IAP, VT.

    7 May 1976


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan

    10 August 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    By 1980

    Transferred to 134th DSES, 158th DSEG, Vermont ANG, Burlington IAP, VT.
    Returned to the Green Mountain Boys after a brief stint in the Boneyard.

    6 June 1981


    Photographer: Unknown

    By 14 October 1982

    Transferred to 122D TFS, 159th TFG, Louisiana ANG, NAS New Orleans, LA.
    Photographed at NAS New Orleans. Photo can be seen here:https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-thallon/10401085686/.

    1987

    Transferred to 196th FIS, 163D FIG, California ANG, Fresno ANGB, CA.
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