The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, the F-104 Starfighter ... Lockheed has trademarked the name “Skunk Works” and the attendant skunk logo. (Photos: Tom Demerly/TheAviationist.com) ...

On January 8, 1944, the first prototype of the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star made its first flight. This was the first jet ...

One of those oft-forgotten systems in that often-overlooked war is the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. In fact, the Shooting Star was America’s first operational jet fighter in the Korean War.

Enter the Lockheed F-94 Starfire. It was developed from the T-33 Shooting Star and the F-94 became the first American all-weather jet interceptor as well as the first U.S. production jet to have ...