The Shooting Star began to enter service in late 1944 with 12 pre-production YP-80As, one of which was destroyed in the accident in which Burcham was killed. A 13th YP-80A was modified to the sole F-14 photo reconnaissance model and lost in a December crash.

The F-80 Shooting Star was an American straight-wing jet aircraft. It was the first American-designed jet fighter to enter service, and served for a short time in the Korean war before being replaced by the more capable F-86 Sabre.

May 8, 2024 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Lockheed P-80 / F-80 Shooting Star Single-Seat, Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft including pictures.

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star of the United States Air Force, history, production numbers, photographs, surviving aircraft.

Sep 27, 2007 · This F-80 airframe was originally manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and accepted by the USAF in the 1950s as a two-seat T-33A trainer. It was cut down and modified into an F-80A configuration by Aero Nostalgia, Inc., of Stockton, California, in the 1980s and was painted to resemble an early F-80A-1 aircraft, S/N 44-84999.

America's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet age" in the USAF, but was outclassed with the appearance of the swept-wing transonic MiG-15 and quickly replaced in the air superiority role by the transonic North American F-86 Sabre.

The P-80 became the first operational jet fighter in service with the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) with twelve pre-production YP-80A assigned and a thirteen YP-80A modified into the F-14 photographic reconnaissance model but crashed in December 1944. Four were sent to Europe for operational testing: two to the United Kingdom and two 1st Fighter ...

Lockheed F-80C-10-LO Shooting Star (Serial No. 49-853) armed with napalm bombs takes off on 1 February 1951 from a Korean airfield. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during the Second World War.

The QF-80A was the designation for F-80As that were turned into radio controlled drones, but with their standard controls retains for ferrying. The first was flown in December 1946, and the three aircraft were delivered in June-July 1947.

6x 0.5 inches M3 browning machine guns in fuselage nose, 300 rounds per gun. Maximum power with water-alcohol injection is 5400 lbf. Maximum speed of 543 mph (874 km/h) at 25,000 feet (7,620 meters) of altitude. Maximum speed of 594 mph (956 km/h) at sea level. Sold to to Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Uruguay. Retired.