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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:NF-80C Shooting Star
    Last Military Serial:47-0171 USAF
    Construction Number:080-1932
    Compressed ID:Lockheed NF-80C sn 47-0171 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, Camp Dodge NGB, Des Moines, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1947

    Constructed as a P-80C-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.
    Constructed almost entirely from magnesium.

    3 May 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 47-0171 as a NF-80C.

    3 May 1948

    To Burbank AMC, CA.
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    5 December 1949

    Transferred to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    28 January 1950

    Transferred to New York AMC, NY.

    Circa 1952

    Transferred to West Chester AMC, PA.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 1995

    Placed on display with Rickenbacker Airport, Columbus, OH.
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    After March 2001

    Transported by ground.
    Sent to Sioux City, IA, for restoration and display by Iowa ANG, but initially placed in storage.

    Loaned to IA Ang (sioux City), 185 ARW/LGRR, Sioux City, IA.

    By 12 January 2011

    Restoration started.

    12 January 2011


    Photographer: Michael Vogt, Iowa Gold Star Museum Curator
    Notes: At the paint shop in Sioux City, IA

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 55-8626
    Marked as a F-80C based at Sioux City in 1955.

    By September 2012

    To Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, Camp Dodge NGB, Des Moines, IA.
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    15 September 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 September 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 September 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air Force Historical Research Agency
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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