Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is an American fighter jet. It made a few flyovers of Germany in the last weeks of the World War II. After this war it was used in Korean War. From 1948 its designation was changed to F-80 Shooting Star. The United States Air Force was the main operator, but they were also used by Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay.
P-80 / F-80 Shooting Star | |
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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 of the F-94 Starfire fighter jet.
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