P-80 Shooting Star
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The P-80 Shooting Star was the United States’ first operational jet fighter, developed by Lockheed during World War II and widely used by the U.S. Air Force in the early Cold War era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| P-80 Shooting Star canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6864995 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P-80 Shooting Star Context triple: [Lockheed Skunk Works, notableProduct, P-80 Shooting Star]
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A.
Lavochkin La-7
The Lavochkin La-7 was a late-World War II Soviet single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent performance and service with top Soviet aces.
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B.
Lavochkin La-5
The Lavochkin La-5 was a World War II Soviet single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its powerful radial engine, wooden construction, and key role in countering the German Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.
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D.
Pe-2
The Pe-2 was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber and light bomber widely used during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
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E.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P-80 Shooting Star Target entity description: The P-80 Shooting Star was the United States’ first operational jet fighter, developed by Lockheed during World War II and widely used by the U.S. Air Force in the early Cold War era.
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A.
Lavochkin La-7
The Lavochkin La-7 was a late-World War II Soviet single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its excellent performance and service with top Soviet aces.
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B.
Lavochkin La-5
The Lavochkin La-5 was a World War II Soviet single-seat fighter aircraft renowned for its powerful radial engine, wooden construction, and key role in countering the German Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 is a pioneering Soviet jet fighter of the early Cold War era, renowned for its swept-wing design and major role in the Korean War.
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D.
Pe-2
The Pe-2 was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber and light bomber widely used during World War II, particularly on the Eastern Front.
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E.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9 was the Soviet Union’s first operational jet fighter, entering service shortly after World War II and marking the beginning of the MiG jet fighter lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lockheed aircraft
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jet fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| armamentFixed | .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armamentFixedCount | 6 ⓘ |
| armamentStores |
bombs
ⓘ
rockets ⓘ |
| configuration |
single-engine
ⓘ
single-seat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designer | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | Lockheed Skunk Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedDuring | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | turbojet ⓘ |
| enteredUSAFServiceAs | F-80 Shooting Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1944-01-08 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | all-metal monoplane ⓘ |
| introduced | 1945 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately 600 mph ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Shooting Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | first operational jet fighter of the United States ⓘ |
| notableEvent | one of the first US jets to see combat in Korea ⓘ |
| operator |
Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerplant | Allison J33 turbojet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,000 miles ⓘ |
| retiredFromUSAFService | 1950s ⓘ |
| role |
fighter
ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 46,000 ft ⓘ |
| successor | F-80 Shooting Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
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United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | Korean War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| variant |
F-80 Shooting Star
NERFINISHED
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FP-80 reconnaissance version ⓘ T-33 Shooting Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | straight wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: P-80 Shooting Star Description of subject: The P-80 Shooting Star was the United States’ first operational jet fighter, developed by Lockheed during World War II and widely used by the U.S. Air Force in the early Cold War era.
Referenced by (1)
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