Kammala wannan jumla: P-80C ya fara samarwa a 1948; a ranar 11 ga Yuni, yanzu wani ɓangare na USAF, an sake canza P-80C zuwa F-80C. Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta Amurka tana da F-80 Shooting Stars a cikin sabis daga 1946 zuwa 1948 tare da Kungiyoyin Fighter na 1 da na 56. P-80s na farko da za su yi aiki a Turai sun shiga cikin rukunin 55th Fighter (daga baya aka sake sanya shi 31st FG) a Giebelstadt, Jamus, a 1946, ya rage watanni 18. Lokacin da Tarayyar Soviet
An rufe Berlin, wani rukuni na 56th FG karkashin jagorancin Colonel David C. Schilling ya yi na farko na yamma zuwa gabas na Atlantic ta hanyar jiragen sama guda daya a watan Yuli, ya tashi zuwa Jamus na tsawon kwanaki 45 a cikin Operation Fox Able I. An maye gurbinsa da sabon F-80 mai dauke da 36th Fighter Group a Fürstenfeldbruck, 56th FG ya gudanar da Fox Able II a watan Mayu 1949. A wannan shekarar F-80s na farko sun ba da 51st Fighter Group, wanda ke zaune a Japan.