Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star

The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first fighter jet of the United States Army Air Force. It made a few flyovers of Germany in the last weeks of World War II. From 1948 its designation was changed to F-80 Shooting Star. Early in the Korean War the MiG-15 was shown to be much better and the F-86 replaced it. The United States Air Force was the main operator, but Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay also used it.

P-80 / F-80 Shooting Star
P-80A
Role	Jet fighter
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Lockheed Corporation
Designer	Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
First flight	8 January 1944
Introduction	1945
Status	Retired
Primary users	United States Air Force United States Navy
Number built	1,715
Unit cost	US$110,000 in 1945
Variants	Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star
Developed into	Lockheed F-94 Starfire

This aircraft was the basis of the famous training aircraft T-33 T-Bird and the F-94 Starfire fighter jet.