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Cold War Vehicle I-D: Wyoming Shooting Star

Wyoming Air National Guard photo.

From 1953 to 1963 the Wyoming Air National Guard used the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star to train-up pilots for the F-80 Shooting Star and North American F-86 Sabre.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo, 23OCT2016.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo, 24OCT2016.

In October 2016, the Wyoming Air National Guard 153rd Airlift Wing’s Structural Maintenance Section spent two weeks restoring a T-33 ‘gate guard’.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo, 23OCT2016.

Notice that the tail number was at first masked-off to read 36661.

 

Wyoming Air National Guard photo, 24OCT2016.

By November 2016, the restored T-33 was ready for display in Building 16 Hanger.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Major Tom Blackburn, 09NOV2016.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Major Tom Blackburn, 09NOV2016.

Notice that the tail number now reads 63661.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Major Tom Blackburn, 09NOV2016.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jon Alderman, 25OCT2019.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jon Alderman, 25OCT2019.

On 25OCT2019, T-33 #63661 was moved to its new ‘gate guard’ job at the Wyoming Military Museum in Cheyenne.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jon Alderman, 25OCT2019.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jon Alderman, 25OCT2019.

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jon Alderman, 25OCT2019.

Wyoming Air National Guard T-33 move explainer video, October 2019:

Time lapse music video by Technical Sergeant Jacqueline Marshall:

Wyoming Air National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Jon Alderman, 25OCT2019.

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