F-80 Shooting Star: America's First Fighter Jet Gave the Nazis a Run For Their Money
Hastily designed to counter Nazi superfighters in the early 1940s, America’s first operational fighter jet would have an unexpected and long-lasting legacy.
Hastily designed to counter Nazi superfighters in the early 1940s, America’s first operational fighter jet would have an unexpected and long-lasting legacy.
Sébastien Roblin holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring.
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This first appeared in January.
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