Lockheed T-33

T-33
Two T-33s from the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron in flight near Tyndall AFB, Florida. The farther aircraft has been repainted and renumbered in anticipation of its delivery to the Mexican air force.
Role	Training aircraft
Manufacturer	Lockheed
Designer	Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
First flight	22 March 1948
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

The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American jet trainer aircraft. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948 piloted by Tony LeVier. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the U.S. Navy initially as TO-2 then TV-2, and after 1962, T-33B. As of 2015, Canadian-built examples were still in-service with the Bolivian Air Force.

Design and development

The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly over three feet and adding a second seat, instrumentation and flight controls. It was initially designated as a variant of the P-80/F-80, the TP-80C/TF-80C.^[1]

Design work for the Lockheed P-80 began in 1943 with the first flight on 8 January 1944. Following on the Bell P-59, the P-80 became the first jet fighter to enter full squadron service in the United States Army Air Forces. As more advanced jets entered service, the F-80 took on another role—training jet pilots. The two-place T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven aircraft.

Originally designated the TF-80C, the T-33 made its first flight on 22 March 1948 with U.S. production taking place from 1948 to 1959. The US Navy used the T-33 as a land-based trainer starting in 1949. It was designated the TV-2, but was redesignated the T-33B in 1962. The Navy operated some ex-USAF P-80Cs as the TO-1, changed to the TV-1 about a year later. A carrier-capable version of the P-80/T-33 family was subsequently developed by Lockheed, eventually leading to the late 1950s to 1970s T2V-1/T-1A SeaStar. The two prototype TF-80Cs were modified as prototypes for an all-weather two-seater fighter variant which became the F-94 Starfire. A total of 6,557 Shooting Stars were produced, 5,691 by Lockheed, 210 by Kawasaki and 656 by Canadair.

Operational history

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy

The two-place T-33 proved suitable as an advanced trainer, and it has been used for such tasks as drone director and target towing. The U.S. Air Force began phasing the T-33 out of front line pilot training duties in the Air Training Command in the early 1960s as the Cessna T-37 Tweet and Northrop T-38 Talon aircraft began replacing it under the Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) program. The T-33 was used to train cadets from the Air Force Academy at Peterson Field (now Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs). The T-37 replaced the T-33 for Academy training in 1975. Similar replacement also occurred in the U.S. Navy with the TV-1 (also renamed T-33 in 1962) as more advanced aircraft such as the North American T-2 Buckeye and Douglas TA-4 Skyhawk II came on line. USAF and USN versions of the T-33 soldiered on into the 1970s and 1980s with USAF and USN as utility aircraft and proficiency trainers, with some of the former USN aircraft being expended as full scale aerial targets for air-to-air missile tests from naval aircraft and surface-to-air missile tests from naval vessels. Several T-33s were assigned to USAF McDonnell F-101 Voodoo, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger and Convair F-106 Delta Dart units, to include similarly equipped Air National Guard units, of the Aerospace Defense Command as proficiency trainers and practice "bogey" aircraft. Others later went to Tactical Air Command and TAC-gained Air National Guard F-106 and McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II units in a similar role until they were finally retired, with the last being an NT-33 variant retired in April 1997.

Military use by other nations

Some T-33s retained two machine guns for gunnery training, and in some countries, the T-33 was even employed as a combat aircraft: the Cuban Air Force used them during the Bay of Pigs Invasion, scoring several kills. The RT-33A version, reconnaissance aircraft produced primarily for use by foreign countries, had a camera installed in the nose and additional equipment in the rear cockpit. T-33s continued to fly as currency trainers, drone towing, combat and tactical simulation training, "hack" aircraft, electronic countermeasures and warfare training and test platforms right into the 1980s.

The T-33 has served with over 30 nations, and continues to operate as a trainer in smaller air forces. Canadair built 656 T-33s on licence for service in the RCAF—Canadian Forces as the CT-133 Silver Star while Kawasaki manufactured 210 in Japan. Other operators included Brazil, Turkey and Thailand which used the T-33 extensively.

In the 1980s, an attempt was made to modify and modernize the T-33 as the Boeing Skyfox, but a lack of orders led to the cancellation of the project. About 70% of the T-33's airframe was retained in the Skyfox, but it was powered by two Garrett AiResearch TFE731-3A turbofan engines.

In the late 1990s, 18 T-33 Mk-III and T-33 SF-SC from the Bolivian Air Force went to Canada to be modernized at Kelowna Flightcraft. New avionics were installed, and detailed inspection and renewal of the fuselage and wings were performed. Most of the aircraft returned in early 2001 and remain operational.

Civilian use

A limited number of T-33s have found their way into private hands and have been used by Boeing as a chase aircraft. In 2010, one of two T-33 Shooting Stars owned by Boeing was used as a chase aircraft during the maiden flight of the Boeing 787.^[2] Actor and pilot Michael Dorn owned a T-33.^[3] Dorn, who played the character Worf in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, jokingly referred to the aircraft as his 'starship'.

Variants

TP-80C

Original United States military designation for the Lockheed Model 580 two-seat trainer for the United States Army Air Forces. Designation changed to TF-80C on 11 June 1948 following establishment of the United States Air Force as a separate military service in 1947, and then to T-33A on 5 May 1949; 20 built.

T-33A

Two-seat jet trainer aircraft for the United States Air Force and delivery to foreign air forces under the Military Aid Program, 5871 including 699 diverted to the United States Navy as the TV-2.

AT-33A

Conversions of the T-33A for export as a close support variant fitted with underwing pylons and hard points for bombs and rockets. Also used in the original fighter lead-in program at Cannon AFB, NM approximately 1972- 1975.

DT-33A

This designation was given to a number of T-33As converted into drone directors.

NT-33A

This designation was given to a number of T-33As converted into special test aircraft.

QT-33A

This designation was given to number of T-33As converted into aerial target drones for the United States Navy.

RT-33A

T-33A modified before delivery as a single-seat reconnaissance variant; 85 built, mainly for export under the Military Aid Program.

T-33B

Re-designation of the United States Navy TV-2 in 1962.

DT-33B

Re-designation of the United States Navy TV-2D drone director in 1962.

DT-33C

Re-designation of the United States Navy TV-2KD target in 1962

TO-1/TV-1

U.S. Navy designation of P-80C, 50 transferred to USN in 1949 as jet trainers (not technically T-33 Shooting Star)

TO-2

United States Navy designation for 649 T-33As diverted from USAF production. Two-seat land-based jet training aircraft for the U.S. Navy. First 28 were delivered as TO-2s before the Navy changed the designation to TV-2. Surviving United States Navy and United States Marine Corps aircraft were re-designated T-33B on 18 September 1962.^[4]

TV-2

Re-designation of the TO-2 after the first 28 were built.

TV-2D

TV-2s modified as drone directors, later re-designated DT-33B.

TV-2KD

TV-2s modified as radio-controlled targets, could be flown as a single-seater for ferry, later re-designated DT-33C.

Canada

Silver Star Mk 1

Canadian-designation for T-33A, 20 delivered.

Silver Star Mk 2

Canadian-designation for a T-33A which became the prototype of the Silver Star Mk 3.

T-33AN/CT-133 Silver Star Mk 3

The T-33AN is a Rolls-Royce Nene powered-variant of the T-33A for the Royal Canadian Air Force; 656 built by Canadair with the company designation CL-30. Canadian military designation was later changed from T-33AN to CT-133.

Other

L-245

One Lockheed owned fuselage with a more powerful engine. Was later developed into the T2V SeaStar.^[5]

Aérospatiale Pégase^[6]

A Canadair T-33AN was modified by Aérospatiale with an S17a 17% thickness wing section.

Operators

For operators of Canadian-built aircraft refer to Canadair T-33.

 Belgium

• Belgian Air Force (38 × T-33A, 1 × RT-33A operated from 1952) (all retired)

 Bolivia

• Bolivian Air Force - Bolivia acquired 15 T-33AN from Canada in 1973–74, purchasing 5 more from Canada in 1977 and 18 T-33SFs from France in 1985.^[7] 18 were upgraded to T-33-2000 standard in 2000–2001.^[8] 14 remain operational as of December 2015.^[9]

 Brazil

• Brazilian Air Force (all retired)

 Burma

• Burmese Air Force – 15 x AT-33A for use as trainers and close air support.^[10] (all retired)

 Canada

• Royal Canadian Air Force
• Royal Canadian Navy
• Canadian Forces
• National Research Council

 Chile (all retired)

 Republic of China

• Republic of China Air Force (all retired)

 Colombia

• Colombian Air Force (all retired)

 Cuba

• Cuban Air Force (all retired)

 Denmark

• Royal Danish Air Force(all retired)^[11]

 Dominican Republic

• Dominican Air Force – AT-33A (all retired)

 Ecuador

• Ecuadorian Air Force – AT-33A (all retired)

 El Salvador

• (all retired)

 France

• French Air Force – 163 x T-33A and RT-33A (also 61 Canadian-built T-33AN), all retired

 Germany

• German Air Force 192 x T-33A, all retired

 Greece

• Hellenic Air Force – T-33A, RT-33A and Canadian-built AT-33ANs (all retired)

 Guatemala

• Guatemalan Air Force (all retired)

 Honduras

• Honduran Air Force – T-33A and RT-33A (all retired)

 Indonesia

• Indonesian Air Force – T-33A (all retired)

 Iran

• Imperial Iranian Air Force
• Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (all retired)

 Italy

• Italian Air Force operated 60 Lockheed T-33A and 14 Lockheed RT-33A from 1952 until 1982^[12]

 Japan (all retired)

• Japan Air Self Defense Force T-33A – assembled and later manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Aerospace Company from 1956.^[13] (all retired)

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

• Libyan Arab Air Force – T-33A (all retired)

 Mexico

• Mexican Air Force – 50 units AT-33A (all retired)

 Netherlands

• Royal Netherlands Air Force – 60 x T-33A, 3 x RT-33A, all retired

 Nicaragua

• Fuerza Aérea de Nicaragua FAN received delivery of four AT-33A aircraft from the US Government after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961. Retired from service in 1979.

 Norway

• Royal Norwegian Air Force (all retired)

 Pakistan

• Pakistan Air Force – T-33A, RT-33A (all retired)

 Paraguay

• Paraguayan Air Force operated six AT-33A donated by Taiwan in 1990. The belonged to the Grupo Aerotáctico (GAT) 2nd. Fighter Squadron called "Indios". They were withdrawn from use in 1998.

 Peru

• Peruvian Air Force (all retired)

 Philippines

• Philippine Air Force (all retired)

 Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force T-33A and one RT-33A (all retired)

 Saudi Arabia

• Royal Saudi Air Force (all retired)

 Singapore

• Republic of Singapore Air Force: 12 x Former French Air Force T-33A delivered in 1980, followed by 8 more in 1982.^[14] (all retired)

 South Korea

• Republic of Korea Air Force: T-33A is First introduction Time: August, 1955. It also served with the ROKAF Black Eagles aerobatic team, (all retired)

 Spain

• Spanish Air Force – 60 x T-33A (all retired)

 Thailand

• Royal Thai Air Force (all retired)

 Turkey

• Turkish Air Force – T-33A and RT-33A (all retired)

 United States

• Boeing Commercial Airplanes (two Canadair T-33s, N109X and N416X)^[15]
• United States Air Force (all retired)
• United States Navy (all retired)
• United States Marine Corps (all retired)^[4]

 Uruguay

• Uruguayan Air Force – 8 x AT-33A^[16] (all retired)

 Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Air Force – Operated 125 Shooting Stars in four variants: 25 T-33A, 22 RT-33A, 70 TV-2 and 8 TT-33A (all retired)^[17]

Aircraft on display

Numerous T-33s have been preserved as museum and commemorative displays including:

Albania

On display

• RT-33A 51-4413 of the USAF was forced to land in December 1957 at Rinas Airport (Albania) by a squadron of 2 Albanian MiG-15bis - on display at Gjirokastra Museum

Belgium

On display

T-33 - Royal Military Museum in Brussels

Burma

On display

• Unknown T-33 - Armed Forces Museum in Yangon .

Brazil

On display

• Unknown T-33 - Brazilian Museu Aeroespacial - Musal in Rio de Janeiro.
• Unknown T-33 - Assis Airport in Assis.
• Unknown T-33 - Brazilian Air Force Base in Fortaleza.

Canada

Most examples in Canada are Canadair CT-133 Silver Stars

On display

• T-33A 53-5413 of the United States Air Force at Happy Valley, Goose Bay

China

On display

• A Former Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force Lockheed T-33A #3024 on static display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing, this example fell into Chinese hands when a ROCAF Lieutenant defected to mainland China in the aircraft.^[18]

Denmark

On display

• T-33A RDAF DT-102 at Danmarks Flymuseum, Stauning

• T-33A RDAF DT-289 at Garnisonsmuseet, Aalborg
• T-33A RDAF DT-491 at Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør
• T-33A RDAF DT-497 a Gate Guard at RDAF Flying School
• T-33A RDAF DT-905 at Gedhus museum

Stored or under restoration

• T-33A RDAF DT-104 in storage at Aalborg Air Force Base
• T-33A RDAF DT-884 under restoration at Skrydstrup Air Force Base
• T-33A RDAF DT-923 in storage at Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør

Greece

On display

• T-33A TR-516 in the Hellenic Air Force Museum
• T-33A TR-029 in the Hellenic Air Force Museum
• T-33A TR-516 in Elatia Lokridos, near Lamia

Germany

On display

• Unknown Luftwaffe T-33 at Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleißheim near Munich.

Japan

On display

• T-33A 61-5221 of the JASDF Air Development and Test Command at the Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum, Kakamigahara, Gifu.
• T-33A 71-5293 of the JASDF 8th Air Wing at the Amagi Railway Amagi Line Tachiarai Station, Chikuzen, Fukuoka.

Mexico

• Various T-33s are on static display at the Mexican Air Force Museum, Mexican Army and Air Force Museum and individual air bases.

Netherlands

• There is a former RNLAF T-33A preserved at the National Military Museum in Soesterberg

Norway

On display

• T-33A 117546 of the Royal Norwegian Air Force at the Forsvarets flysamling Gardermoen, Oslo Airport, Gardermoen near Oslo
• T-33A DT-571 of the Royal Danish Air Force painted as 16571 of the Royal Norwegian Air Force at Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola, Stavanger Airport, Sola, near Stavanger

Pakistan

• T-33A at the Pakistan Air Force Museum, Karachi.

Peru

On display

• T-33A at Las Palmas Air Base, Lima.

Philippines

On display

• T-33 at the Philippine Air Force Museum at Villamor Air Base
• T-33 at the Clark Air Base Pampanga Province.
• T-33 at the Basa Air Base in Pampanga Province.
• T-33 at Camp Aquino Museum in Tarlac Province.

Saudi Arabia

• T-33A on display at the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum, Riyadh.

Serbia

On display

• T-33A Yugoslav 10024 (ex-USAF 52-9958, c/n 580-8189) ^[17] at the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum, Nikola Tesla Airport, Belgrade.

Stored or under restoration

• TV-2 Yugoslav 10242 (ex-USAF 51-4034, ex-USN 126592, c/n 580-5328) ^[17] at the Yugoslav Aeronautical Museum in Belgrade.

Singapore

On display

• T-33A at the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Museum.

South Korea

On display

• T-33A at the War Memorial of Korea, Seoul.

Taiwan

On display

• T-33, 57-0532 of the Republic of China Air Force at Chung Cheng Aviation Museum.

Thailand

On display

• T-33A F11-23/13 of the Royal Thai Air Force at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Don Muang AFB.
• T-33A F11-27/13 of the Royal Thai Air Force at Chitladda Palace.

United Kingdom

On display

• T-33A 14286 of the French Air Force on display in USAF markings at the American Air Museum, Duxford.
• T-33A 14419 of the French Air Force on display in USAF markings at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry.
• T-33A 17473 of the French Air Force on display in Royal Canadian Air Force markings at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry.
• T-33A 54439 of the French Air Force at the North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland.
• T-33A 16718 of the French Air Force on display in USAF markings at City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich

United States

On display

• T-33 36132 is on outside display at the Douglas, Georgia airport
• T-33 is on outside display at Maurice Roberts Park, Richmond, MO. ^[19]
• T-33 is on outside display at Caruthersville Municipal Park and Airport, Caruthersville, MO.
• T-33 Tail Number 52-6009, On display in Johnson City, TN, at the Johnson City Radio Controllers airfield.
• T-33 is on outside display in Memorial Park, Flagler, Colorado (tail number 0-70587). A Mace missile (tail number 81463) also on display.
• T-33 as a gate guard at the DeFuniak Springs Airport in Walton county Fla. Has been there since 1970 or earlier.
• T-33 on outside display at Ford Airport, Iron Mountain, MI. Painted as TR-610, tail number 0-35610.
• T-33A 51-2129? at the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts.
• T-33A 51-4301 at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

• T-33A 51-6612 at Masonic Lodge Willacoochee, Georgia, on U.S. Route 82
• T-33A 51-6635 at Veterans of Foreign Wars facility Louisville, Georgia
• T-33A 51-9091 at Houma, Louisiana, since May 1970
• T-33A 51-9271 at Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah^[20]
• T-33A 52-9223 at Ellington JRB, Houston Texas.
• T-33A 52-9497 at Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
• T-33A 53-5099 at the Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards Air Force Base, California
• T-33A 53-5205 at Aerospace Museum, McClellan Park (former McClellan AFB) Sacramento, California.
• T-33A 53-5215 at Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.^[21]
• T-33A 53-5540 at the Air Force Flight Test Museum beside the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California
• T-33A 53-5947 at the US Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida

• T-33A 53-5974 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
• T-33A 53-6073 at Kindley Park in Gravette, Arkansas, since June 1966
• T-33A 53-5226 at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.^[22]
• T-33A 53-5038 at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; painted as 0-36038.
• T-33A 56-1710 at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado^[23]
• T-33A 56-1747 at the American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, New York^[24]
• T-33A 58-0548 at the Strategic Air & Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska^[25]
• T-33A 58-0509 at Jackson County Airport (Michigan)
• T-33A 58-0629 at Castle Air Museum at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California.
• T-33A 58-2106 at McChord Air Museum, McChord Air Force Base, Washington.
• T-33A 58-0542 at the JROTC Gen C Powell Hall, Central High School, Highway 67 San Angelo, Texas
• T-33A at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida
• T-33A at National Guard Armory Waynesboro, Georgia
• T-33A 53-0421 has been modified as a play structure at Oak Meadow Park Los Gatos, California.

• One unknown T-33A and one ex Yugoslav Air Force TT-33A 10055 (ex-USAF 51-9248, ex-Belgian Air Force FT-14, c/n 580-7032) ^[17] at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum, Cape May, New Jersey
• T-33A at city park Hart, Michigan.
• T-33A 52-9785 at Harrison County Airport, Cadiz, Ohio, .
• T-33A 53-4932 at Wood County Regional Airport, Bowling Green, Ohio.^[26]
• T-33A 53-6053 at Tiger Stadium, Louisiana State University Campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• T-33A at a VFW post in Wilmington, North Carolina.
• T-33A 51-4505 at Tri-County Airport west of Ahoskie, North Carolina.
• T-33A 53-5979 at the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, Illinois.
• T-33 on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, California.
• T-33A 51-9263 at City Hall of Brooklyn, Ohio, USA.
• T-33A in Williams Park in Gibsonburg, Ohio.
• T-33A at Hector Municipal Airport in Hector, Minnesota.^[27]
• T-33A at the Vintage Flying Museum, Meacham International Airport, Fort Worth, Texas.
• T-33A at the Kansas Aviation Museum, Wichita, Kansas.
• T-33A as Gate Guard at Davis Field, Muskogee, Oklahoma^[28][29]
• T-33A at Illinois Aviation Museum,^[30] Bolingbrook, Illinois
• T-33A in Moline, Kansas.
• T-33A used as storage facility sign. On US 23 south of McDonough, Georgia
• T-33A at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville, Florida. On loan from National Naval Aviation Museum
• United States Navy TV-2 138048 at the New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.^[31]
• T-33A at city park Othello, Washington near City Hall.
• T-33A at Greenville, Mississippi airport.
• T-33 at National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, NY
• T-33A at Southeast Iowa Regional Airport in Burlington, Iowa.

Stored or under restoration

• Unknown T-33, is under restoration to flying condition with the Collings Foundation out of their Houston, Texas facility.
• Unknown T-33 in storage at Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina.
• Second unknown T-33 in storage at Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Uruguay

On display

• Uruguayan Air Force Airbase #2 (St. Bernardina, Durazno)
• Airbase #1 (Carrasco Intl. Airport)
• ETA (Technical Air School)
• Cnel. (Av.) Jaime Meregalli.Museo Aeronáutico (Air Museum)

Specifications (T-33A)

Data from Lockheed Aircraft since 1913^[32]

General characteristics

• Crew: Two
• Length: 37 ft 9 in (11.51 m)
• Wingspan: 38 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in (11.85 m)
• Height: 11 ft 8 in (3.55 m)
• Wing area: 234.8 sq ft (21.81 m²)
• Empty weight: 8,365 lb (3,794 kg)
• Loaded weight: 12,071 lb (5,475 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 15,061 lb (6,832 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Allison J33-A-35 centrifugal compressor turbojet, 5,400 lbf (24.0 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 600 mph (521 knots, 965 km/h) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 455 mph (396 knots, 732 km/h)
• Range: 1,275 mi (1,110 nmi, 2,050 km)
• Service ceiling: 48,000 ft (14,630 m)
• Rate of climb: 4,870 ft/min (24.7 m/s)

Armament

• Hardpoints: 2 with a capacity of 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs or rockets (AT-33)

See also

Related development

• Boeing Skyfox
• Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
• Lockheed F-94 Starfire
• Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
• Lockheed T2V/T-1A Seastar

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Northrop T-38 Talon
• North American T-2 Buckeye

Related lists

• List of Lockheed aircraft

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to T-33 Shooting Star.

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• Walkaround T-33 Shooting Star (Eskishehir, Turkey)
• Pictures of the T-33 at Oak Meadow Park, (Los Gatos, CA)
• Brief T-33 History on Air Mobility Command Museum Site with photo of display T-33 at Dover AFB, DE

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