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.
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
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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
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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
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fighter-bomber ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 46,000 ft ⓘ |
| successor | F-80 Shooting Star NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Air Force
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.