One of the latest of these is a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, an example of the first American fighter jet to see operational ...

Italy was thought to be the first country to fly a jet-powered plane (although they were second after Germany's He 178), ...

Fighter jets first took to the skies during World ... The result was the P-80 Shooting Star, which went from design to deployment in a staggeringly short 143 days. Lockheed developed the P-80 ...

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 ...

P-80 "Bolt" Shooting Star The Shooting Star was the US Air Force's first operational fighter jet. The first Shooting Stars were delivered late in 1944. Advertisement All the Latest Game Footage ...