F-80C-10-LO #49-876 36th FBS, 8th FBG, Korea 1952

The Shooting Star was possibly the best Allied jet fighter to emerge from World War II (called the P-80 until after WWII), however, like the other Allied jets it was too late to be used in combat. Several were flown around Italy late in the war, but they never saw the enemy. The P-80 was the first operational US jet fighter, a fairly conventional design apart from the jet engine and laminar flow wing.

In Korea it was already obsolete as a fighter, but served well as attack aircraft. It was armed with the American standard six .50 caliber machine guns in the nose of the aircraft. It was capable of carrying two 1,000 lb bombs on the wings or wing-mounted, disposable fuel tanks. 1732 were built.

F-80C-10-LO 36th Fighter/Bomber Squadron, 8th Fighter/Bomber Group out of Suwon Korea in 1952. Forget the kit pitot in the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer. Use pitot under the nose. Use large 'Misawa' fuel tanks for the wingtips and supplied ejection seat.