Lockheed T-33
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a US military jet aircraft. It was used as a training aircraft. It was designed and built by adding a second seat to the P-80 Shooting Star. It was used by many countries in the world and built under licence in Canada and Japan. The last one retired in 2017. More than a hundred are on display in museums around the world.
| T-33 Shooting Star | |
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| A demonstration T-33 in flight, 2016 | |
| Role | Training aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Lockheed |
| Designer | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson |
| First flight | 22 March 1948 |
| Retired | 31 July 2017 (Bolivian Air Force) |
| Primary users | United States Air Force United States Navy Japan Air Self Defense Force German Air Force |
| Produced | 1948–1959 |
| Number built | 6,557 |
| Developed from | Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star |
| Variants | Lockheed T2V SeaStar Canadair CT-133 Silver Star |
| Developed into | Lockheed F-94 Starfire Boeing Skyfox |
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United States Air Force Lockheed RT-33 reconnaissance plane forced down by Albanian MiG-15 in December 1957, on display in Gjirokastër, Albania
A U.S. Air Force Lockheed NT-33A (s/n 51-4120). This aircraft delivered as an T-33A-1-LO and was converted to an NT-33A with the nose of an F-94A/B Starfire. It was finally retired on 28 April 1997, then being the oldest flying USAF aircraft. It is now on display at USAF Museum at Dayton, Ohio (USA).
T-33 of the Belgian Air Force
T-33 of the Taiwan Air Force at Hsinchu Air Base 2012.
A T-33 Shooting Star of the Hellenic Air Force
T-33A of the Mexican Air Force
T-33A of the Peruvian Air Force
T-33 Portuguese Air Force
T-33 of the Republic of Korea Air Force
T-33 of the Spanish Air Force
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