Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - P-80C ya fara samarwa a 1948; a ranar 11 ga Yuni, yanzu wani ɓangare na USAF, an sake canza P-80C a matsayin 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 ta kewaye Berlin
, wani rukuni na 56th FG karkashin jagorancin Colonel David C. Schilling ya yi na farko da yammacin yammacin Atlantic ta hanyar jiragen sama guda daya a watan Yuli, ya tashi zuwa Jamus don kwanaki 45 a cikin Operation Fox Able I. An maye gurbinsa da sabon F-80 mai suna 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.