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P-80 Shooting Star

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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Introduced (1945)

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P-80 Shooting Star - America's WW2 Combat Jet

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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Fighter Jet Crowned World's Fastest 1945 Archival Stock Footage

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Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Jet Fighters

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P-80 Shooting Star (1945)

The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process, production models were flying, and two pre-production models did see very limited service in Italy just before the end of World War II. Designed with straight wings, the type saw extensive combat in Korea with the United States Air Force (USAF) as the F-80.
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