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    The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter was a single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor prototype for a United States Air Force (USAF) series of...
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    The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold...
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    Aeritalia F-104S Canadair CF-104 CL-1200 Lancer and Lockheed X-27 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter Aircraft of comparable role,...
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    This is a list of Lockheed F-104 Starfighter variants. Two prototype aircraft equipped with Wright J65 engines (the J79 was not yet ready); one aircraft...
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  • reconnaissance. Lockheed P-38 Lightning (unofficial) Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Lockheed XF-90 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Lockheed U-2 Lockheed X-26 Frigate...
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  • the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin...
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    Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, and the two Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter prototypes. Problems Grumman had with the engine in the F11F...
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    The Lockheed F-94 Starfire is a first-generation jet powered all-weather day/night interceptor aircraft designed and produced by Lockheed Corporation...
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    Super Sabre McDonnell F-101 Voodoo Convair F-102 Delta Dagger Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Republic F-105 Thunderchief Convair F-106 Delta Dart The term...
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  • (redesignated to F-106) F-103 – Republic F-104 StarfighterLockheed XF-104 StarfighterLockheed NF-104A StarfighterLockheed F-105 Thunderchief – Republic F-106...
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    Bamboo Saucer' (1968)". popmatters.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017. "Lockheed F-104 Starfighter". Pacific Aviation Museum. 15 May 2013. Archived from the original...
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    Kelly Johnson (engineer) (category Lockheed people)
    Mach 4. F-104 Starfighter, first Mach 2 fighter to enter service. With its GE J79 engine, it won the 1958 Collier Trophy for its Lockheed and GE technical...
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    International. 76 (1): 50–53. Yenne, Bill (1987). Lockheed. Crescent Books. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lockheed TriStar (RAF). Royal Air Force - TriStar...
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  • Ben Rich (engineer) (category Lockheed people)
    California, on January 5, 1995. F-104 Starfighter. Single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft. XF-90. Experimental fighter / bomber...
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    supersonic aircraft and some, such as the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Dassault Mirage III, have been produced in large numbers....
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  • F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart, Republic XF-103 and, indirectly, the F-101B Voodoo and F-104 Starfighter. The electronics and weapons developed for...
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    year. The record was then subsequently taken in May 1958 by a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. On 27 November 1957, during "Operation Sun Run," an RF-101C set...
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    Willis Hawkins (category Lockheed people)
    number of historic Lockheed aircraft, including the Constellation, P-80 Shooting Star, XF-90, F-94 Starfire, and F-104 Starfighter. During World War II...
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    winner of the New Fighter Aircraft Project competition to replace CF-104 Starfighter, CF-101 Voodoo and the CF-116 Freedom Fighter. Deliveries of the CF-18...
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    Retrieved 2024-01-01. "Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star". National Museum of the United States Air Force™. Retrieved 2024-01-01. "Lockheed P-80A 'Shooting Star'...
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    the swept-wing and trapezoidal layouts seen on designs like the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and the earlier WS-110 concepts. Engines able to cope with higher...
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    Stratojet and RB-47 XB-52 Stratofortress RB-66 Destroyer F-104 Starfighter and Lockheed XF-104 YB-47 Stratojet FJ Fury, specifically, FJ-2 F-106 Delta Dart...
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    that depended solely on jet engines achieved more success with the F-104 Starfighter (initial A version) and the English Electric Lightning. The role of...
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    German Government chose to purchase a development of the American Lockheed F-104 Starfighter interceptor instead to meet the role of "high-altitude reconnaissance...
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    Tony LeVier (category Lockheed people)
    performed most of the tests of the XF-90 penetration fighter prototype. He also flew the first flights of the XF-104 Starfighter, and the U-2. In 1972 LeVier...
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    being producing a successor to the German Air Force's fleet of Lockheed F-104 Starfighters to a broader research and development programme, aimed at exploring...
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    Republic XF-103 FE Republic F-47 Thunderbolt previously PE FE Convair F-106 Delta Dart FF North American F-51 Mustang previously PF FG Lockheed F-104 Starfighter...
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    was still alive. However, the scene in which Yeager crashes the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter in 1963 occurred after Ridley's death in the 1957 plane crash...
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    "Century Series" F-100 Super Sabre, F-101 Voodoo, F-102 Delta Dagger, F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief and F-106 Delta Dart, and, in the process, defined...
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    supersonic drag. They tend to be used on fighter aircraft, such as the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, and on very high-speed aircraft including the North American...
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