The aircraft was adapted into variants, such as the F-80C, which could carry bombs, rockets, and even napalm for critical ...

The fighter first flew in 1947, and by 1950, they'd engaged U.S. pilots operating F-80C Shooting Stars and B-29 Superfortresses during the Korean War. That conflict saw numerous dogfights carried ...

We were equipped with Lockheed F-80C Shooting Stars; on the other side of the field, sharing the same single runway, was the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, which flew North American F-86 Sabre jets.