One of those oft-forgotten systems in that often-overlooked war is the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. In fact, the Shooting ...

For the United States, that transition began with the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, America’s first operational jet fighter. Debuting at the tail end of World War II, the P-80 was later ...

The P-80 won the name Shooting Star for its speed: It was the first jet to exceed 500 mph in level flight. On August 6, 1945, at 2:20 p.m., an aircraft taxied onto the runway at the Lockheed Air ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII: P-80 "Bolt" Shooting Star The Shooting Star was the US Air Force's first operational fighter jet. The first Shooting ...

General “Hap” Arnold announced that the new Lockheed P-80 was in production, said it had been named the Shooting Star. Presumably familiar with what the Germans have in the air over the ...