Dates

Event

Constructed as a TF-80C-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

Circa 1948

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 48-0356.

22 March 1948

First flight.
First flight Mar 22, 1948 at Van Nuys, CA.

Circa 1949

Converted to a T-33A-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

By April 1949

Converted to a YF-94A.
Converted to YF-94A Model 780 prototype.

16 April 1949

First flight as a YF-94.

Converted to a F-94B.
Model 780 prototype F-94B.

To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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By October 1978

Placed on display with Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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Markings Applied: FA-356

14 October 1978

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: The F-94 Starfire prototype was in the USAF History and Traditions Museum at Lackland AFB, Texas in 1978 and is now at Edwards AFB at the Flight Test Centre.

Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

By 2003

Placed on display with Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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