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 ...
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was US' first operational jet fighter, scoring the first all ... have exclusively military value. The Stearman Model 75 is an old biplane used as a military trainer.