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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:DT-33A
    Last Military Serial:53-5916 USAF
    Construction Number:580-9392
    Latest Owner or Location:Kingston Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-33A-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    September 1955

    Converted to a DT-33A.

    6 September 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5916.

    September 1955

    To Sacramento Air Materiel Area, McClellan AFB CA.

    December 1957

    Transferred to Air Proving Ground Center (Air Research and Development Command), Holloman AFB.

    Transferred to 6580th Air Base Group, Holloman AFB, NM.

    February 1961

    Transferred to Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, NM.

    November 1965

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number TC661.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    April 1968

    Loaned to City of Cedar Rapids, Cedar Rapids, IA.

    April 1968

    Placed on display with Kingston Stadium, Cedar Rapids, IA.
    DTR-916, 0-35916
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    11 July 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 February 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2016

    Restored.
    Restoration was cosmetic. Just the outside was cleaned and polished a bit, and the tail numbers re-painted, with other insignia touched up.

    23 June 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: This T-33 was cosmetically restored in 2017. There is a YouTube video that shows a 360 degree view of the aircraft after it was restored. The link is posted here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ni-MpHEK4o

    23 June 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air Force Historical Research Agency
    Cedar Rapids Gazette
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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