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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:53-4903 USAF
    Construction Number:580-8242
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-1-LO sn 53-4903 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8483, Madison, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

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

    20 May 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-4903.

    21 May 1954

    To 172nd FBS, 127th FBG, W. K. Kellogg Airport, MI.

    21 September 1954

    Transferred to 168th FIS, 126th FIG, Illinois ANG, O Hare IAP, IL.

    By 1958

    Transferred to 108th FIS, 126th FIG, Illinois ANG, O Hare IAP Illinois,.

    29 September 1967

    Transferred to 169th TFS, 182nd TFG, Illinois ANG, Greater Peoria Airport, IL.

    15 July 1969

    Transferred to 124th FIS, 132D FIG, Iowa ANG, Des Moines ANGB, IA.

    6 June 1972

    Transferred to 176th FIS, 115th FIG, Wisconsin ANG, Traux Field, WI.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to VFW Post 8483, Madison, WI.

    By December 1973

    Placed on display with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8483, Madison, WI.
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    Markings Applied: MISS VFW 8483, WIS-ANG, 3-04903, WISCONSIN

    28 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: On approach road to Oshkosh Airport

    20 March 2020


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    20 March 2020


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    20 March 2020


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air Force Historical Research Agency
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Andy West
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