VERSIONS – F-80C, DF-80C, RF-80C
RF-80C-11-LO shown, details as F-80C
unless otherwise indicated
Pitot on tail leading edge,
under nose pitot on
conversions from F-80C
3 x under nose camera windows
for vertically mounted cameras
Port side camera window
Forward camera window
Revised, blunter nose profile to camera nose,
hinged upward for easy access
RF-80C – 1 x Allison J33-A-23 or -25 centrifugal turbojet
RF-80A-1-LO and RF-80A-5-LO modified to RF-80C-11-LO
upgraded with Allison J33-A-35
Asymmetric camera window layout
to port and starboard nose panels
Camera installation:
1 x forward facing K-17 with 152 mm
(6 in) lens; 2 x split vertical K-22
609 mm (24 in) cameras
Approximately 70 F-80A and F-80C
airframes modified with conversions
to RF-80C standard, retaining original
fighter nose profile and guns replaced
by one or two K-14 cameras with gun
barrels painted onto empty gun ports
to give an 'armed' impression
6 x RF-80A airframes (4 x RF-80A-1-LO,
2 x RF-80A-5-LO) modified by
Lockheed Air Services Inc. to
RF-80C-11-LO
'Hybrid-1' – some F-80C airframes
field modified with a RF-80A nose
during the Korean War
Leading edge strip on
RF-80C conversions
from F-80C
Provision for AN/ARC-27
command radio in
F-80C-11-LO conversions
Lockheed ejector seat fitted
to F-80C-11-LO conversions
RF-80C
Antenna
Antenna
Target drone conversion, details as F-80C unless otherwise indicated
Gun ports faired over
Arrestor hook
Weapons deleted and replaced
with radio control systems
55 QF-80 conversions by Sperry in 1954/55
mainly from F-80C (designated QF-80C)
airframes some were equipped with
updated radio control systems and
arrestor hooks and designated as QF-80F
Many QF-80 drones were deployed for
duties during atomic testing by flying
through the mushroom clouds to collect
radioactive samples/fallout
Cockpit flight controls retained
QF-80C
Details as F-80C unless otherwise indicated
Revised canopy
1 x Allison J33-A-35 centrifugal turbojet
with water/ethanol injection
129 F-80A airframes converted by
Lockheed with 1 x Allison J33-A-35
centrifugal turbojet with water/
ethanol injection, Lockheed ejector
seat, provision for AN/ARC-27
command radio and redesignated
as F-80C-11-LO
117 F-80B airframes brought up to
F-80C standards and re-designated
as F-80C-12-LO
Explosive canopy remover added
F-80C (later)
Details as F-80B-5-LO unless otherwise indicated
Pitot moved under nose
Additional antenna
1 x Allison J33-A-23 centrifugal turbojet
with water/ethanol injection
Additional hardpoint/pylon under each
wing and all pylons strengthened
50 x F-80C handed to U.S. Navy for
jet pilot training and redesignated
as TV-1, carrying both UASF and
U.S. Navy serials
Provision for 127 mm (5 in) HVAR (High Velocity Aircraft
Rocket)
Field modifications applied with provision
for 1,003 lt (221 Imp gal, 265 US gal)
'Misawa' fuel tanks and 871 lt (192 Imp gal,
230 US gal) Fletcher wing tip tanks (which
required squared-off wing tips, reducing
wingspan to 11.81 m (38 ft 9 in)
Engine bay
cooling ducts
Stall inhibitor on
wing leading edge
F-80C/TV-1
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