Fighter jet

The fighter jet is a vehicle in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
The standard jet of the United States Air Force used a conventional all-metal airframe, with a slim low wing and tricycle landing gear. Six forward-facing machine guns were integrated in the fuselage, with space on the wings for an additional eight rockets or two bombs. Manufactured by Lockreed Industries, this jet fighter was the primary aircraft of the United States Air Force and (in its navalized version, with folding wings) the United States Navy.

Locations
Several of the jets appear on board the deck of Rivet City. These planes appear to be those of the Navy, with folding wings. In addition, a fixed-wing version can be found in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout at the jet crash site and several more are located within some of the derelict hangers at Adams Air Force Base in the add-on Broken Steel. One can also be seen in Fallout: New Vegas suspended from the ceiling inside the Camp McCarran terminal building.

Appearances
Fighter jets appear in Fallout 3, its add-ons Point Lookout and Broken Steel, and Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
The fighter jet strongly resembles the P-80/F-80 Shooting Star and its variants, manufactured by Lockheed. However, the real-world aircraft's wings did not fold, as it was not capable of Carrier operations. The folding wings may have been fitted to facilitate storage in underground hangars. It also does not appear to have an arrestor hook in-game, which is needed to land on carriers (if you consider magnetic arrestors haven't been invented in the next 50 years and be used to not need a hook).