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.

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P-80 Shooting Star canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Lockheed aircraft ⓘ
jet fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
armamentFixed .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns ⓘ
armamentFixedCount 6 ⓘ
armamentStores bombs ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
configuration single-engine ⓘ
single-seat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson ⓘ
developedBy Lockheed Skunk Works ⓘ
developedDuring World War II ⓘ
engineType turbojet ⓘ
enteredUSAFServiceAs F-80 Shooting Star ⓘ
era early Cold War ⓘ
firstFlight 1944-01-08 ⓘ
fuselageType all-metal monoplane ⓘ
introduced 1945 ⓘ
manufacturer Lockheed ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 600 mph ⓘ
natoReportingName Shooting Star ⓘ
notableAs first operational jet fighter of the United States ⓘ
notableEvent one of the first US jets to see combat in Korea ⓘ
operator Brazil ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
United States ⓘ
powerplant Allison J33 turbojet ⓘ
primaryUser United States Air Force ⓘ
range approximately 1,000 miles ⓘ
retiredFromUSAFService 1950s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 46,000 ft ⓘ
successor F-80 Shooting Star ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
variant F-80 Shooting Star ⓘ
FP-80 reconnaissance version ⓘ
T-33 Shooting Star ⓘ
wingConfiguration straight wing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lockheed Skunk Works → notableProduct → P-80 Shooting Star ⓘ
F-94 Starfire → basedOn → P-80 Shooting Star ⓘ