The AURI received 16 surplus USAF T-Birds in 1973 as replacements for unserviceable CS-102s, LIM-5s and MiG-17s, operated as transition trainers to the Sabre. T-33A-1-LO s/n 53-5068 became TS-3334. The change to J-3334 appears to have been made by the museum fairly recently, but presumably represents an identity worn at some point.