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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:53-5541 USAF
    Construction Number:580-8880
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-1-LO sn 53-5541 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame - Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5541.

    Circa 1958

    Used during filming of the motion picture Thundering Jets (1958).

    By May 1971


    Photographer: Unknown

    By May 1983

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, TR-541, 35541

    May 1983


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA.

    22 September 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Chino Airport, CA.

    To Planes of Fame-Grand Canyon, Valle Airport, Grand Canyon, AZ.
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    By March 1998

    Markings Applied: 262, 71-5262

    Circa March 1998


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame, Valle, AZ.

    11 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    11 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
    Marcin Rogowski
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