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The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. [1] Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, two pre-production models saw limited service in Italy just before the end of World War II.
From – to Branch of service Unit Duty Aircraft Insignia 1942, January 1947, August: USN: VJ-14: Utility / Meteorological Squadron: Martin B-26 Marauder: 1942, January 1947, August
Two Lockheed P-38L Lightnings of the 433d Base Unit [21] out of Chico Army Airfield, California, [22] collide in mid-air 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Barstow, California, during a routine training and gunnery-practice flight and came down near Superior Dry Lake. "When the planes collided, one exploded in the air, and the other crashed to the ...
In 1972 LeVier took an L-1011 Tristar on a world tour promoting Lockheed's newest and largest commercial airliner. He was succeeded as chief engineering test pilot at Lockheed by Herman "Fish" Salmon. He died at the age of 84 on February 6, 1998, from complications of cancer and kidney failure, after surviving eight crashes and one mid-air ...
On 3 July 1946 the 71st was reactivated as part of the 1st Fighter Group at March Field, California [3] where it took over the personnel, mission and new Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars of the 31st Fighter Squadron, which was inactivated. [5] The squadron flew the P-80 until 1949 when it converted to North American F-86A Sabre swept-wing
Hoover became Yeager's backup pilot in the Bell X-1 program and flew chase for Yeager in a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star during the Mach 1 flight. [21] He also flew chase for the 50th anniversary of the Mach 1 flight in a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. [22] Hoover left the air force for civilian jobs in 1948. [23]
23d Fighter Squadron F-80 [note 2] After being inactivated in March 1946, the squadron was reactivated in October 1946 at Howard Field, Panama Canal Zone, flying the P-47 and the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. In July 1948, the squadron returned to Germany at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base.
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