The P-80 won the name Shooting Star for its speed ... Johnson was at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, to sell Lockheed’s Model L-140. Johnson showed specifications and drawings, then threw down ...

In the name of national defense, GE gave their plans to other manufacturers like Allison to encourage widespread growth. Lockheed’s F-80 Shooting Star, the first operational jet fighter ...

One of those oft-forgotten systems in that often-overlooked war is the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. In fact, the Shooting Star was America’s first operational jet fighter in the Korean War.