The external 3D model and liveries were provided by Matt I added the flight model, animations, weapons, plugin coding, PBR, 3d cockpit and instruments, additional textures and FMOD sounds. The P-80 did, however, see extensive combat in Korea with the USAF as the F-80. The closely related T-33 Shooting Star trainer remained in service with the USAF and Navy well into the 1980s, with the last NT-33 variant not retired until April 1997. Two pre-production models did see very limited service in Italy just before the end of WW2. However, following V-J Day the contract was cut back to 917 aircraft. In June of 1945 an additional 2500 P-80As were ordered.
The initial production version of the Shooting Star, the P-80A, was ordered on Apfor two batches of 500 aircraft. In subsequent test flights the XP-80 reached a top speed of 502 mph at 20,480 feet, becoming the first USAAF aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight. First flight was in January 1944.Ī few initial problems were quickly fixed. In November a non-flyable version designated XP-80 was formally accepted by the USAAF only 143 days after the project started. In late July1943 a mock-up was ready for inspection. In June 1943 the USAAF issued a letter of contract with a 180 day target completion. In May 1943 Lockheed was invited to submit a fighter proposal built around the British de Havilland built Halford H.1B (goblin) turbojet. The development process was rapid to say the very least. 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 in a record setting 143 days from the start of the design process.
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