Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
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The Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star is a supersonic jet trainer aircraft that was built by Lockheed, and manufactured in Japan under license by Kawasaki Heavy Industries. The Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star was used in the 1955 Toho film, Godzilla Raids Again.
History
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
Showa era
Godzilla Raids Again
A fleet of Shooting Stars were deployed when Godzilla and Anguirus arrived in Osaka, deploying flares in an attempt to lure the monsters away from the city. The distraction was successful, and the two monsters left the city for Osaka Bay, only to resurface and return to Osaka after a fire at an oil refinery lured them back ashore. Later, another detachment of the jets were sent to attack Godzilla at Kamiko Island, and bombed the glacier on the island to partially bury Godzilla in ice. Though the aircraft were successful in burying Godzilla up to his neck, he was able to dig his way out of the ice, so the Shooting Stars were ordered to fall back, with a squadron of Mitsubishi F-86 Sabres replacing them.
Capabilities
- Flight
The Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star can fly at a top speed of 600 miles per hour (970 km/h).
- Armament
- Armed with 12.7mm M-3 machine guns
- Eight underwing hardpoints, which can carry bombs or rockets.
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