Lockheed T-33
trainer aircraft series by Lockheed
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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 |
