Military Aircraft For Sale

F80 Shooting Star

The P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used by the United States Army Air Force officially introduced in 1945 as the F-80. Though it did see combat operations, the military quickly replaced it with the F-86 Sabre.  The P-80 retired from service in 1959.

Despite new aircraft swiftly outclassing the P-80, it played an essential role in bringing in the “jet age” for the U.S. Development began in 1939. With Allied intelligence of the Me262 and British jet aircraft research in 1943, Lockheed produced an airframe in only 143 days and a prototype the following year.