A U.S. Navy Lockheed TO-1 (later redesignated TV-1) (BuNo 33869) in flight near the Naval Air Test Center Patuxent River, Maryland (USA). The TO-1 was a U.S. Air Force F-80C <i>Shooting Star</i> jet fighter acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1948 for advanced jet training. Some equipped Marine Fighter Squadron 311 (VMF-311) late in 1948. This TO-1 is assigned to NATC. It wears the standard USAF polished-metal finish and a red warning stripe around the fuselage abaft the wing to indicate the location of the jet engine's rotor.
U.S. Navy
Official U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/80-G-402000/80-G-402619.html">80-G-402619</a> from the U.S. Navy <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil">Naval History and Heritage Command</a>