Which company built the USA's first turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the P-80 Shooting Star, which entered service in 1945?
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of the design process, 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 United States Air Force (USAF) as the F-80. America's first successful turbojet-powered combat aircraft, it helped usher in the "jet age"
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star to F-80C-11-LO standards). However, the two-seat TF-80C, first flown on 22 March 1948, became the basis for the T-33 trainer, of which 6,557 were produced. On 27 January 1946, Colonel William H. Councill flew a P-80 nonstop across the U.S. to make the first transcontinental jet flight. He completed the run between Long Beach and New York in 4 hours 13 minutes 26 seconds at an average speed of to set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale record. The P-80B prototype, modified as a racer and designated P-80R,<ref name="P-80 Shooting Star/44-85200.">"P-80 Shooting Star/44-85200." "National Museum of the USAF." Retrieved: 9 October 2012.</ref>