National Cold War Center to restore vintage 1958 Lockheed T-33 trainer, repaint it in 1950s Blytheville AFB colors and place it on static display after decades in training and testing roles.

I had the rare opportunity to fly in a historic jet trainer ahead of the Pacific Airshow in October. The T-33 Shooting Star was used to train US Air Force pilots on jet aircraft until the early 1960s.

The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is remembered as the gentle workhorse that taught a generation of American pilots to fly jets. But this friendly trainer had a dark, covert side. During the height of ...