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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:51-8917 USAF
    Construction Number:580-6701
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-1-LO sn 51-8917 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:11th FIS, 343D Fighter Group, Duluth MAP, MN

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    Dates

    Event

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

    3 March 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-8917.

    6 March 1953

    To 3525th Pilot Training Wing, Williams AFB, AZ.

    Transferred to 3530th Pilot Training Wing, Bryan AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 3320th Technical Training Group, Amarillo AFB, TX.

    After October 1954

    Transferred to 3530th Pilot Training Wing, Bryan AFB, TX.

    Transferred to 4238th Aircraft Support Squadron, Barksdale AFB, LA.

    Circa August 1958

    Transferred to 3575th Pilot Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: TR-917

    By December 1958

    Transferred to 3550 Field Maintenance Squadron, Moody AFB, GA.

    Circa 1959


    Photographer: Lt. Col. Wendell Keller Collection via Fargo Air Museum

    Transferred to 3615th Pilot Training Wing, Craig AFB, AL.

    By June 1961

    Transferred to 11th FIS, 343D Fighter Group, Duluth MAP, MN.

    10 March 1962

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed near Duluth APT, MN. Pilot was killed.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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