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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:QT-33A
    Last Military Serial:156138 USN
    Construction Number:580-8148
    Compressed ID:Lockheed QT-33A sn 156138 USN cn 58...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hector Municipal Airport, Hector, Minnesota

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    Dates

    Event

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

    20 April 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-9842.

    23 April 1954

    To 2589th Air Reserve Flying Center, Dobbins AFB, GA.

    Transferred to 2584th Air Reserve Flying Center, Memphis, TN.

    Transferred to 3510th CCTW, Randolph AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 2584th Air Reserve Flying Center, Memphis, TN.

    Transferred to 2589th Air Reserve Flying Center, Dobbins AFB, GA.

    By December 1956

    Transferred to 323rd Fighter-Bomber Wing, Bunker Hill AFB, IN.

    By June 1957

    Transferred to 2589th Air Reserve Flying Center, Dobbins AFB, GA.

    By August 1958

    Transferred to 1001st Air Base Wing, Headquarters, Andrews AFB, MD.

    Transferred to Mountain Home AFB, ID.

    Transferred to 1001st Air Base Wing, Headquarters, Andrews AFB, MD.

    18 August 1962

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

    March 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156138 as a QT-33A.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    May 1980

    Loaned to City of Hector, Hector, MN.

    To Hector Municipal Airport, Hector, MN.
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    Circa 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    Circa 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    Circa 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    1 August 2015


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud

    1 August 2015


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud
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    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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