This photograph, from a photo album documenting U.S. forces stationed in Japan in the early 1950s, shows a Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star, tail code PN-392, parked on an airfield ramp. As America's first operational jet fighter, the Shooting Star equipped U.S. Air Force squadrons across Japan in the years leading up to and during the Korean War, serving in air defense and fighter-bomber roles until succeeded by more advanced jets like the F-86 Sabre. Project: 218331