Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a Cold War-era American supersonic interceptor and fighter aircraft known for its distinctive slender design, high speed, and controversial international sales history.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed F-104 Starfighter canonical | 10 |
| F-104 Starfighter | 5 |
| F-104A | 1 |
| F-104B | 1 |
| F-104C | 1 |
| F-104D | 1 |
| F-104G | 1 |
| F-104S | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T911920 — 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: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Context triple: [Lockheed bribery scandals, involves, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter]
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A.
North American F-86 Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre is a transonic jet fighter aircraft famed for its swept-wing design and prominent combat role during the Korean War.
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B.
North American F-100 Super Sabre
The North American F-100 Super Sabre is a U.S. Air Force supersonic jet fighter-bomber that was the first of the Century Series and the first USAF fighter capable of sustained supersonic speed in level flight.
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C.
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter and reconnaissance aircraft developed for the United States Air Force during the Cold War.
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D.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, widely exported and renowned as one of the most produced combat aircraft in history.
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E.
Messerschmitt Me 262
The Messerschmitt Me 262 was a pioneering German World War II jet fighter and fighter-bomber, notable as the world’s first operational jet-powered combat aircraft.
- 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: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Target entity description: The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a Cold War-era American supersonic interceptor and fighter aircraft known for its distinctive slender design, high speed, and controversial international sales history.
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A.
North American F-86 Sabre
The North American F-86 Sabre is a transonic jet fighter aircraft famed for its swept-wing design and prominent combat role during the Korean War.
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B.
North American F-100 Super Sabre
The North American F-100 Super Sabre is a U.S. Air Force supersonic jet fighter-bomber that was the first of the Century Series and the first USAF fighter capable of sustained supersonic speed in level flight.
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C.
McDonnell F-101 Voodoo
The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter and reconnaissance aircraft developed for the United States Air Force during the Cold War.
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D.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft introduced by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s, widely exported and renowned as one of the most produced combat aircraft in history.
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E.
Messerschmitt Me 262
The Messerschmitt Me 262 was a pioneering German World War II jet fighter and fighter-bomber, notable as the world’s first operational jet-powered combat aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
interceptor aircraft ⓘ jet aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ supersonic aircraft ⓘ |
| allianceUse | NATO ⓘ |
| armament |
AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles
ⓘ
surface form:
AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles
M61A1 Vulcan 20 mm cannon ⓘ
surface form:
M61 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon
bombs ⓘ rocket pods ⓘ |
| conflict |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
ⓘ
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designer | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson ⓘ |
| engineType | afterburning turbojet ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1954-02-07 ⓘ |
| fuselageShape | slender ⓘ |
| height | 4.11 m ⓘ |
| introduced | 1958 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| length | 16.66 m ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed
|
| maximumSpeed |
Mach 2.0
ⓘ
approximately 2,135 km/h at altitude ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Starfighter ⓘ |
| nicknamed | The Missile With a Man in It ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial export and bribery scandals
ⓘ
high accident rate in some air forces ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | more than 2,500 ⓘ |
| powerplant | General Electric J79 ⓘ |
| primaryUsers |
Belgian Air Force
ⓘ
Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ German Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Luftwaffe
Republic of China Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal Danish Air Force ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ Turkish Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| productionPeriod | 1958–1983 ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,630 km ⓘ |
| record |
world altitude record in the 1950s
ⓘ
world speed record in the 1950s ⓘ |
| retired | 2004 ⓘ |
| role |
fighter-bomber
ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 58,000 ft ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | T-tail ⓘ |
| variant |
CF-104
ⓘ
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-104A
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-104B
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-104C
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-104D
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-104G
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
F-104S
TF-104G ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | short trapezoidal wings ⓘ |
| wingspan | 6.36 m ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Description of subject: The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a Cold War-era American supersonic interceptor and fighter aircraft known for its distinctive slender design, high speed, and controversial international sales history.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
F-104 Starfighter
this entity surface form:
F-104A
this entity surface form:
F-104B
this entity surface form:
F-104C
this entity surface form:
F-104D
this entity surface form:
F-104G
this entity surface form:
F-104S
subject surface form:
AIM-7 Sparrow
this entity surface form:
F-104 Starfighter
this entity surface form:
F-104 Starfighter
this entity surface form:
F-104 Starfighter
subject surface form:
New England Air Museum
this entity surface form:
F-104 Starfighter