For the United States, that transition began with the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, America’s first operational jet fighter.

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. The Korean War stands out because it is often ...

The aircraft continued the ascent for ... it eliminated the P (for “pursuit”) prefix in favor of F (“fighter”), redesignating its Shooting Stars F-80s. By 1949, the new Republic F-84 ...

In Korea, he flew the F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter and earned medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1965 and received an honorary promotion to ...

When one thinks of the famous American jet fighter planes of the Korean War, the first such warbirds that come to mind are ...

We were equipped with Lockheed F-80C Shooting Stars; on the other ... was the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, which flew North American F-86 Sabre jets. My first flight at K-13 was a ride with ...

U.S. Central Command released footage Wednesday morning of a fighter aircraft shooting down a Houthi-launched one-way attack drone. The U.S. military is continuing strikes against the Houthi ...

In Korea, he flew the F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter and earned medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1965 and received an honorary promotion to ...