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Summary: Lockheed F-80B Shooting Star aircraft Airplane blueprint for the Lockheed, F-80B, Shooting, Star ... Aviation history and aircraft blueprints/plans. Built by Lockheed Aircraft, the F-80 was the first American mass-produced jet fighter placed in operational service status by the Air Force, and the first to exceed 500 MPH in level flight. The XP-80 aircraft first flew on 9 January 1944. The designation was changed to F-80 in June, 1948. Although originally designed as an interceptor, the -C model saw extensive service during the Korean War as a fighter-bomber.
In the first jet versus jet combat, an F-80C shot down a MiG-15 fighter.
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