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.

The P-80 won the name Shooting Star for its speed ... Ohio, to sell Lockheed’s Model L-140. Johnson showed specifications and drawings, then threw down the gauntlet: He would deliver his ...

Designed during the closing years of WWII and introduced in 1945, the P-80 bridged the gap between propeller-driven aircraft and the jet age. As one would expect, the transition to jet-powered ...

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 ...