Bolivian Air Force is looking to replace old T-33 trainer aircraft

Bolivian Air Force is looking to replace old  T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird)  trainer aircraft with a new fighter type.

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.

- ADVERTISEMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW -

The Brazilian EMB-413 Super Tucano is favored due to LCC considerations. Other candidates are Korean KT-1, Chinese L-15, Russian YaK-130 or European surplus types.

If you would like to show your support for what we are doing, here's where to do it.

If you wish to report grammatical or factual errors within our news articles, you can let us know by using the online feedback form.

Executive Editor

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE

TRENDING NOW