Lately, the March Field Air Museum of Riverside, CA, has been acquiring a number of significant aircraft from other collections or private individuals around the western United States. One of the latest of these is a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, an example of the first American fighter jet to see operational service. The Shooting Star also helps round out the museum’s collection of American jet fighters, from the Bell P-59 Airacomet to the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.