Here are the three T-Birds of the 57th FIS on the flight line showing the start of painting out the arctic red high visibility markings. 592 is farthest away and has no repainting. 575 had its wing tanks already grey and 540 has only the nose still red.
A beautiful July day catches all three of the T-birds assigned to the 57th FIS in 1978-79, lined up on the ramp. The code 3 on the fin was a training aid for the Phantom pilots to tell which T-bird they were intercepting.
In 1981 the three T-33As of the 57th had the red arctic high visibility markings on the nose, fin and wing tip tanks removed by overpainting with the grey basic color. A photo from January 1981 shows that this had started then and went on gradually.