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The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. [1] Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, two pre-production models saw limited service in Italy just before the end of World War II .
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P-73/D-2: Fighter-bomber Hughes Aircraft: 1943 Never 1 XF8B: Fighter Boeing 1944 Never 3 XP-67 Bat/Moonbat: Interceptor McDonnell Aircraft: 1944 Never 1 XP-77: Experimental fighter Bell Aircraft Did not meet its projected performance. 1944 Never 2 P-80 (F-80) Shooting Star: Jet fighter: Lockheed Corporation America's first successful turbojet ...
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Fighter aircraft are military aircraft primarily designed for air-to-air combat.This list does not aim to include attack aircraft primarily intended for different roles, where they have some secondary air-to-air capability.
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (soon re-designated F-80) was more prone to wave drag than the swept-wing Me 262, but had a cruise speed (660 km/h (410 mph)) as high as the maximum speed attainable by many piston-engined fighters.
The most expedient engine choice for the P-80 thus became the Allison J33, based on British centrifugal compressor designs. The P-80 was a cheap-to-build single-engine aircraft with a conventional wing and tailplane design, not using the blended wing-body and canard layout of the L-133.