Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

The Shooting Star was the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight, the first American jet airplane to be manufactured in large quantities, and the first USAF jet to be used in combat.

A major variant of the F-80 was the T-33 Shooting Star, a two-seat trainer version. It remained in production until 1959, after a total of 6,557 were built.

The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star was the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33.

T-33 Shooting Star Photos

USAF T-33 Shooting Star, S/N 0-19022, Buzz Number TR-022, on display at the entrance to Truth or Consequences Municipal Airport, New Mexico (Photo by, and courtesy of, R. Scheiber)

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star, S/N 0-80221, at the HAMM in Tyler, Texas

Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

T-33A Shooting Star, S/N 53-5199, Buzz Number TR-199, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia

T-33 Shooting Star S/N 80615 at Barksdale AFB in Bossier City, Louisiana

T-33 Shooting Star, S/N 70590, of the 1st Air Force ... Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

Cockpit view of T-33 Shooting Star, S/N 70590 ... Captain Paul Carstens

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T-33 "Little Miss Laura" at the Dumfries Aviation Museum in Scotland. The jet trainer was once part of the Belgian Air Force. (Photo by and courtesy of Draken Modelling)

Canadair CT-133 Silver Star, F-AYMD, QR-34, the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer aircraft. Seen here at Châteauroux Déols, France, in 2019 (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric)

Cockpit area of the Canadair CT-133 Silver Star, F-AYMD, at Châteauroux Déols, France, in 2019 (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric)

CT-133 Silver Star 616 of the Royal Canadian Air Force ... on display at the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, Alberta (Photo by Bernard Spragg)

T-33 "Little Miss Laura" at the Dumfries Aviation Museum in Scotland. The jet trainer was once part of the Belgian Air Force. (Photo by and courtesy of Draken Modelling)

T-33 Shooting Star, 314-YG, CANOPEE, France in 2012 (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric)

T-33A Shooting Star, German Air Force, 9454, Musée de Montélimar, France, in 2011 (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric)

T-33 Shooting Star, 314-UV, Musée de Montélimar, France, in 2011 (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric)

T-33 Shooting Star, 80468, at Les Ailes Anciennes Toulouse, France, in 2010 (Photo by DELEHELLE Eric)

T-33A Shooting Star S/N 80532 at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Washington (Photo by Michael Hoschouer)

T-33A S/N 51-6653, Buzz Number TR-653, on display at Baker City, Oregon (Photo by Michael Hoschouer)

T-33A on display at Great Falls, Montana (Photo by Michael Hoschouer)

T-33A, S/N 58-0503, at Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico (Photo by Andrew Hersey)

Historic Image of the T-33 Shooting Star

T-33 Shooting Star Jet Trainer, S/N 0-35398, shown in this historic postcard at McGuire Air Force Base