Lockheed’s F-80 Shooting Star, the first operational jet fighter, flew in June 1944 under the power of an Allison J-33 with a remarkable 4,000 pounds of thrust. GE started a school for future ...

Flying in Lockheed's T-33 Shooting Star transported me to the past, showcasing early fighter jet capabilities and how ...

Developed by Lockheed Corporation ... The jet trainer was a direct offshoot of the single-seat P-80 Shooting Star, one of the first operational jet fighters flown by the US Air Force, adding ...

The P-80/F-80 Shooting Star, the first U.S. jet fighter to be ... referred to as aerospace engineering). Kelly joined Lockheed in 1932, and it didn’t take long for his precocious, pugnacious ...

A few months later, in June 1945, Bong was assigned to Burbank, California, where Lockheed was developing and manufacturing its P-80 Shooting Star fighter aircraft. Bong took on the duties of ...

The United States rushed its first jet fighter, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, at the close of the war. Only four were sent to Europe—two to Britain and two to Italy (they didn't see combat, and ...

Though it quickly became outpaced by newer swept-wing designs, the P-80 Shooting Star was an excellent way for Lockheed to bring the American Military into the jet age. While supersonic fighter ...

By 1918, World War I had raged on for four years. Planes made of fabric and wood sortied to twirl and trade fire in the skies ...

Sheriff William Niemi said deputies were called to the area at approximately 1:38 p.m. for a possibly suicidal ... called in for the officer-involved shooting. The situation was chaotic, and ...