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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-5-LO
    Last Military Serial:53-6026 USAF
    Construction Number:580-9558
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-5-LO sn 53-6026 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Legion Post 80, New Richmond, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-33A-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    10 November 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-6026.

    November 1955

    To 30th Air Division, Air Defense Command, Willow Run MAP, MI.

    March 1956

    Transferred to 319th FIS, 58th Air Division, Bunker Hill AFB, IN.

    November 1960

    Transferred to 4627th Air Base Squadron, Detroit Air Defense Sector, Custer AFS, MI.

    August 1961

    Transferred to 87th FIS, Detroit Air Defense Sector, Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    August 1966

    Transferred to 176th FIS, 115th FIG, Wisconsin ANG, Truax Field, WI.

    December 1967

    Withdrawn from use.

    From Unknown to After 31 December 2005

    To American Legion Post 80 (previous location), New Richmond, WI.
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    After December 1967

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to American Legion Post 80, New Richmond, WI.

    By 9 September 2009

    To American Legion Post 80, New Richmond, WI.
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    4 June 2011


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud

    30 June 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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