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 film, Godzilla Raids Again.
History
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 fired missiles at the glacier on the island to bury Godzilla in ice.
Capabilities
Flight
Flight speed of 600 miles per hour (970 kilometers an hour).
Armaments
Armed with 12.7mm M-3 machine guns and eight underwing hardpoints which can carry bombs or rockets.
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