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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:QF-80F Shooting Star
    Last Military Serial:48-0869 USAF
    Construction Number:080-2126
    Compressed ID:Lockheed QF-80F sn 48-0869 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Holloman AFB, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-80C-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 48-0869.

    Circa 1949

    To 173rd FS, 132nd FG, Nebraska ANG, Lincoln AFB, NE.
    Markings added: NEBR NG

    Circa 1949


    Photographer: Fargo Air Museum Archives
    Notes: Photo taken in Fargo, ND.

    By November 1953

    Transferred to 3596th FTS, Nellis AFB, NV.

    6 November 1953

    Damaged.
    Mid-air accident at Nellis AFB, NV.

    From Unknown to 14 September 1959

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    After September 1959

    Converted to a QF-80F.

    To Holloman AFB, NM.

    13 December 1961

    Written off.
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