Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star

E55100

Cold War aircraft jet trainer aircraft military aircraft

The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a jet-powered American trainer aircraft developed from the P-80 fighter and widely used by the U.S. Air Force and many other countries during the early Cold War era.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War aircraft → jet trainer aircraft → military aircraft →
armamentOption	.50 caliber machine guns → bombs → rockets →
cockpit	tandem seating →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
crew	2 →
developedFrom	Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star →
engineType	turbojet →
era	early Cold War →
firstFlight	1948 →
fuselageType	all-metal →
introduced	1948 →
manufacturer	Lockheed →
maximumSpeed	around 970 km/h →
natoReportingName	T-Bird →
notableVariant	Canadair CT-133 Silver Star → TV-2 (U.S. Navy designation) →
powerplant	Allison J33 turbojet →
primaryUser	Royal Canadian Air Force → United States Air Force → United States Navy →
range	around 2,050 km →
role	fighter → jet trainer → reconnaissance aircraft →
serviceCeiling	around 14,600 m →
status	retired from most military service →
usedBy	Belgium → Brazil → Canada → Chile → Cuba → Denmark → France → Germany → Greece → Indonesia → Israel → Italy → Japan → Mexico → Netherlands → Norway → Pakistan → Philippines → Portugal → Spain → Taiwan → Thailand → Turkey → Venezuela →
usedFor	aerial reconnaissance → jet transition training → pilot training → target towing → weapons training →
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Glamorous Glennis ("F-80 Shooting Star") →	appliedToAircraft
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star ("Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star") →	developedFrom
Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum →	hasAircraftOnDisplay
Messerschmitt Me 262 ("Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star") →	inspiredDesignOf
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star ("Canadair CT-133 Silver Star") →	notableVariant
Allison J35 ("Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star") →	usedOnAircraft