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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-33B-1-LO
    Last Military Serial:138048 USN
    Construction Number:580-8985
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33B-1-LO sn 138048 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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    Dates

    Event

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

    1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5646.
    Not TOS with USAF. s/n assigned for administrative purposes for transfer to USN.

    1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 138048 as a TV-2.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as T-33B-1-LO.

    Transferred to NAS Willow Grove, PA.

    16 April 1975

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    16 April 1975

    Preserved at NAS Willow Grove, PA.

    By April 1981

    To New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
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    11 June 1992


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 September 2007


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    10 October 2015


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport

    From Circa December 2020 to Circa 2023

    Restored.

    9 December 2023


    Photographer: Airframes of Connecticut
    Notes: The museum began restoring the T-33 in December of 2022. The restoration was relatively quick,ending in summer of 2023. The plane was repainted to its original paint job.
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