Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Jet Fighter Family
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first full-production operational U.S. jet-fighter family. Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson's Lockheed team during the Second World War, it evolved from the XP-80 into F-80 fighter and RF-80 reconnaissance variants and became a principal early Cold War U.S. jet aircraft.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting StarP-80 Shooting StarXP-80XP-80AYP-80AP-80AF-80AF-80CRF-80AShooting Star
- Family Name
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
- Full Name
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Jet Fighter Family
- Roles
- militaryreconnaissance
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first full-production operational U.S. jet-fighter family. Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson's Lockheed team during the Second World War, it evolved from the XP-80 into F-80 fighter and RF-80 reconnaissance variants and became a principal early Cold War U.S. jet aircraft.
- First Flight Year
- 1,944
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- Allison J33/GE I-40 production lineage on P-80A/F-80; exact dash and I-40 child remain unresolved, canonical node is J33 family.
- Name
- P-80 Shooting Star J33 family installation
- Notes
- Air Force and Lockheed histories identify Allison J33/General Electric I-40 propulsion on P-80A/F-80 production and development variants; this branch records the J33 family without asserting the unresolved H-1B prototype or I-40 child boundary.
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- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 09:32:14 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 00:15:25 UTC
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