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    The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. Designed...
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    The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33...
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  • The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and merged in 1995 with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin...
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    entered service in May 1957. Developed from the Lockheed T-33 (itself derived from the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star), it was powered by one Allison J33...
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    The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United...
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    Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, Lockheed C-130 Hercules and the Lockheed U-2 that the United States military has been using for...
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  • Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), formerly called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. It is...
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    would instead go on to select the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star as its first operational jet fighter. Although no P-59s entered combat, the aircraft paved...
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    down 40 Japanese aircraft, all with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He died in California while testing a Lockheed P-80 jet fighter shortly before the war ended...
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    developed for the US Navy by Lockheed to replace the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura and PV-2 Harpoon, and was replaced in turn by the Lockheed P-3 Orion. Designed as a...
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    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and its toy line. A Lockheed T-33, the trainer version of the Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star, appeared in the 1955 science-fiction...
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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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    designation of the -33 Convair XF-92 Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Lockheed F-94A / F-94B Starfire Lockheed T2V SeaStar North American...
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  • drone Lockheed JO - Transport/gunnery trainer Lockheed R2O Electra - Transport Lockheed R5O Lodestar - Transport Lockheed PBO - Patrol bomber Lockheed PV-1...
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  • surviving Douglas A-26 Invaders Lisunov Li-2 Lockheed F-94 Starfire Lockheed P-2 Neptune Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 North American...
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    (1949–1952) North American P-51 Mustang (1952–1954) North American T-28 Trojan (1953–1956) Lockheed T-33 T-Bird (1953–1957) Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (1953–1957)...
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    role, configuration, and era Bell P-59 Airacomet Gloster Meteor Heinkel He 280 Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Messerschmitt P.1099 Nakajima Ki-201 Nakajima Kikka...
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    Heinkel He 162 and was installed in a Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. However, it was decided that the single-seat P-80 would not be suitable for these tests...
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    The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is an American aircraft, a member of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft line. The aircraft was colloquially referred...
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    The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed. First flown in 1957, it was the first large turboprop airliner built in...
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    gained with the design served Lockheed well in the development of the USAAF's first operational jet fighter, the P-80 Shooting Star. Although entering...
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    World War II, the wartime Bell P-59 having proven a failure. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (soon re-designated F-80) was more prone to wave drag than...
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    the end of 1945, the US had introduced their first jet fighter, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star into service and the UK its second fighter design, the...
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  • phenomenon known to have affected aircraft including the Douglas A4D, Lockheed P-80, Boeing KC-135, Cessna T-37 and the North American YF-100. Its effect...
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    United States Air Force class and the first class to fly jets. The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star would provide jet performance training at the school until...
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    1945 Army request for an advanced jet fighter, Lockheed proposed a jet powered initially by a Lockheed L-1000 axial flow turbojet, and then the General...
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    The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a retired American single-seat, subsonic twin-engine stealth attack aircraft developed by Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works...
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  • J4F Widgeon amphibian flying boat Hall PH flying boat Lockheed XR3O-1 executive transport Lockheed R5O-1 Lodestar executive transport Naval Aircraft Factory...
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  • The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace and defense manufacturer with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation...
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  • P80 (redirect from P-80 (disambiguation))
    INS Kavaratti (P80), a corvette of the Indian Navy Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, an American jet fighter Pottier P.80, a French sport aircraft Nikon Coolpix P80...
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