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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-1-LO
    Last Military Serial:53-5205 USAF
    Construction Number:580-8544
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-1-LO sn 53-5205 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Dates

    Event

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

    6 October 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5205.

    Circa 6 October 1954

    Transferred to 2589th AF Reserve Combat Training Center (ConAC), Dobbins AFB, GA.

    May 1955

    Transferred to 2584th AFR Flying Training Center (ConAC), Memphis Municipal Airport, TN.

    October 1957

    Transferred to 1001st Air Base Wing (HqCOM), Andrews AFB, MD.

    August 1962

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3T275.

    14 January 1980

    New serial number assigned: TCB086 MASDC

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    May 1983

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Sacramento, CA.

    May 1983

    Loaned to Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    By 11 September 2010

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 35205
    Marked with the insignia of its last assignment at Andrews AFB.

    11 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    31 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento, CA.

    30 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at McClellan, CA, U.S.A.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerospace Museum of California
    MASDC II, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, 1982-1987 by Fryer and Swann
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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