Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: The P-80C akatanga kugadzirwa muna 1948; musi 11 June, zvino chikamu USAF, kuti P-80C akanga pamutemo redesignated ari F-80C. The USAF Strategic Air Command aiva F-80 Shooting Stars mubasa kubva 1946 kuburikidza 1948 pamwe 1st uye 56th Fighter Groups. The P-80s wokutanga kushumira muEurope akabatana 55th Fighter Group (akazotumidza 31st FG) pana Giebelstadt, Germany, muna 1946, yasara 18 mwedzi. Apo Soviet Union
Berlin yakakomberedzwa, chikwata che56th FG chakatungamirwa naColonel David C. Schilling chakaita yekutanga yekumadokero-kumabvazuva kuyambuka Atlantic ne single-engined jets muna Chikunguru, ichibhururuka ichienda kuGerman kwemazuva makumi mana nemashanu muOperation Fox Able I. Inotsiviwa neF-80-yakagadzirirwa 36th Fighter Group kuFürstenfeldbruck, 56th FG yakaitisa Fox Able II muna Chivabvu 1949. Gore iroro chairo maF-80 akatanga kugadzirira 51st Fighter Group, yakavakirwa muJapan.