448K views · 10K reactions | A 1949 aircraft recognition film featuring the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, the first jet fighter to enter operational service with the United States Army Air Force. © IWM DRA 1035 | Imperial War Museum London | Facebook

#PinoyAviatorsTRIVIAFUN THE DURABLE T-33 SHOOTING STAR JET TRAINER The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American subsonic jet trainer aircraft that first flew in March 1948. It was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 and is notable for being the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight. The T-33 was designed by Clarence Kelly Johnson and became widely used as a trainer aircraft, with 5,691 units produced between 1948 and 1959. The Philippine Air Force sent four (4) Nort