P-80 Shooting Star - Sweat Shirt Lightning MK.1A the Third Air Force was

the Third Air Force was activated December 1940

2s and Tornado F3s followed as its operational aircraft

The HCC4 version was used on the Queen's Flight of the RAF to transport VIPs and members of the Royal Family

The name was simplified to Gloster Aircraft then merged with the Hawker Siddeley Group

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P-80 Shooting Star - Sweat Shirt Lightning MK.1A the Third Air Force wasLockheed P 80 Shooting Star The Shooting Star, designed by Kelly Johnson, was the first U. S. jet fighter. The jet first flew in 1944 and entered service with the USAAF in 1945. The P 80 was briefly operational at the end of World War II and saw combat during the Korean War.