The Air Zoo's P-80A-1-LO Shooting Star, tail #44-85151, was acquired in 1992 and was the 161st of the first 345 P-80s that the US Army Air Forces ordered in 1944.
Lockheed P-80A
Shooting Star
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, production models were flying, and two pre-production models did see very limited service in Italy just before the end of World War II. Designed with straight wings, the type saw extensive combat in Korea with the US Air Force as the F-80.