Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star
Pima Air and Space Museum Aircraft
Manufacturer
Lockheed
Markings
Marine Corps Headquarters, Flight Section, Andrews AFB, Maryland, 1975
Designation
TV-2
Serial Number
136810
Lockheed TV-2 Shooting Star
In 1947, the P-80s high accident rate caused Lockheed to design a two-seat trainer version of the P-80C to combat the problem. The T-33 Arizona Aerospace Foundation is significantly longer than the P-80 and adds wingtip fuel tanks to make up for fuel storage in the fuselage lost to the second seat. The U.S. Navy as well as the Air Force adopted the Shooting Star. In Navy service they were initially designated as the TV-2, later they were re-designated as the T-33B. They are in all ways identical to the Air Force version of the aircraft.