<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I P-80C waqala ukukhiqizwa ngo-1948; on 11 Juni, manje ingxenye USAF, P-80C kwaba ngokusemthethweni kabusha F-80C. I-USAF Strategic Air Command yayine-F-80 Shooting Stars eyayisebenza kusukela ngo-1946 kuya ku-1948 neqembu lokuqala nelesi-56 le-Fighter. Ama-P-80 okuqala ukukhonza eYurophu wajoyina 55th Fighter Group kamuva kabusha 31st FG at Giebelstadt, eJalimane, ngo-1946, asele izinyanga ezingu-18. Lapho iSoviet Union  <response>: Ngesikhathi iBerlin ivinjezelwe, iqoqo le-56th FG eliholwa nguColonel David C. Schilling lenze ukuwela kwe-Atlantic kuqala ukusuka entshonalanga kuya empumalanga ngezindiza ezinenjini eyodwa ngoJulayi, zindiza zaya eJalimane izinsuku ezingama-45 ku-Operation Fox Able I. Esikhundleni seqembu le-36th Fighter Group elalisanda kufakwa i-F-80 eFürstenfeldbruck, i-56th FG yaqhuba iFox Able II ngoMeyi 1949. Ngawo lowo nyaka ama-F-80 aqala ukuhlomisa i-51st Fighter Group, ezinze eJapane. 