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F-80 Shooting Star: America's First Fighter Jet Originally meant to take on the Nazis but these fighters ended up fighting communist North Korea. Here's how they performed. Here's What You Need to Remember: Hastily designed to counter Nazis superfighters in the early 1940s, America’s first operational fighter jet would have an unexpected and long-lasting legacy. On November 8, 1950, a flight of four straight-winged jets swooped down on an airfield at Sinuiju, North Korea—on the Korean side of the border with China. The F-80 Shooting Stars raked the airfield with their six nose-mount...

Missing after a fierce battle. he was awarded the silver star and the purple heart. or they could be heroes remembered like major charles lorring who was held a prisoner by the nazis. less than a decade later he returned to battle. above enemy territory near sniper ridge, his f-80 was hit by anti-character fire. in -- anti-aircraft fire. he directed his plane into the very enemy artillery that was threatening american soldiers. they could also have stories like first lieutenant downs. hal trained for combat as world war ii came to a close.