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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:52-9770 USAF
    Construction Number:580-8030
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-1-LO sn 52-9770 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 9392, Lowell, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

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

    16 March 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-9770.

    1 June 1954

    To 59th FIS, Goose Air Base, Labrador.

    Transferred to Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, UT.

    Transferred to AEMOC, Oakland, CA.

    Transferred to 59th FIS, Goose Air Base, Labrador.

    Circa December 1956

    Transferred to 33rd FG, Otis AFB, MA.

    Transferred to 59th FIS, Goose Air Base, Labrador.

    Transferred to 328th FG, Grandview AFB, MO.

    Transferred to 59th FIS, Goose Air Base, Labrador.

    Transferred to 6606th Air Base Wing, Goose Air Base, Labrador.

    Transferred to 59th FIS, Goose Air Base, Labrador.

    By 1957

    Transferred to 4737th Air Base Wing, Pepperrell AFB, Newfoundland.

    Circa December 1957

    Transferred to 14th Consolidated Maint. Squadron, 14th FG (Air Defense), Ethan Allen AFB, VT.

    By 18 January 1962

    Transferred to 2848th Air Base Wing, Norton AFB, CA.

    21 March 1962

    Transferred to 4632th Support Squadron, Tinker AFB, OK.

    By October 1967

    Transferred to 183rd TFG, Illinois ANG, Capital Airport, IL.

    16 November 1967

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
    Struck off charge at Springfield-Capital APT, IL.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to VFW Post 9392, Lowell, WI.

    Placed on display with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 9392, Lowell, WI.
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    2008


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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air Force Historical Research Agency
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Andy West
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