Lockheed’s F-80 Shooting Star, the first operational jet fighter, flew in June 1944 under the power of an Allison J-33 with a remarkable 4,000 pounds of thrust. GE started a school for future ...

The P-80 would, however, under the F-80 designation, experience extensive combat during the Korean War, becoming one of the ...

Straight-wing Lockheed F-80 jets escorting the bomber made a token ... Although the airmen’s description of the intruder matched no aircraft known to be operating in the theater, U.S ...

The Skyknight was designed in response to a 1945 USN requirement for a jet-powered, radar-equipped, carrier-based night ...

It was the first fighter jet in America’s arsenal that enjoyed a multirole function. It was eventually redesignated from the P-80 (the “P” stands for “pursuit) to the F-80 (with the “F ...