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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:53-5158 USAF
    Construction Number:580-8497
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-1-LO sn 53-5158 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Albert Lea Municipal Airport, Albert Lea, Minnesota

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    Dates

    Event

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

    26 August 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5158.

    August 1954

    To 337th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (Air Defense Command), Minneapolis-Saint Paul IAP MN.

    December 1954

    Transferred to Headquarters, 31st Air Division (ADC), Minneapolis-Saint Paul IAP, MN.

    August 1955

    Transferred to 432nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ADC), Minneapolis-Saint Paul IAP, MN.

    August 1957

    Transferred to 475th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron (ADC), Minneapolis-Saint Paul IAP, MN.

    December 1957

    Transferred to Headquarters, 31st Air Division (ADC), Minneapolis-Saint Paul IAP, MN.

    March 1959

    Transferred to 343rd Consolidated Maintenance Squadron (ADC), Duluth MAP, MN.

    April 1962

    Transferred to 343rd Fighter Group (ADC), Duluth MAP, MN.

    June 1966

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to City of Albert Lea, Albert Lea, MN.

    June 1967

    Placed on display with Albert Lea Municipal Airport, Albert Lea, MN.
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    2 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Albert Lea, MN, U.S.A.

    20 July 2008


    Photographer: Mike Worrel

    16 June 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Air Force Historical Research Agency
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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