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English Electric Lightning

1957 interceptor aircraft family by English Electric
Class type of: second-generation jet fighter Q19381

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
aircraft family
More facts +12
Subclass of
second-generation jet fighter[5]
Has use
interceptor[6]
Armament
ADEN, de Havilland Firestreak, Red Top, air-to-air rocket[9][10][11][12]
Country of origin
United Kingdom[7]
Developer
English Electric[4]
First flight
April 4, 1957[13]
Manufacturer
English Electric, British Aircraft Corporation[2][3]
Operator
Royal Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, Kuwait Air Force, Thunder City
Powered by
Avon[8]
Service entry
December 1959[14]
Service retirement
2009[15]
Total produced
+334[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en BAC Lightning en English Electric Lightning en Lightning aircraft en Lightning ar إنجلش إلكتريك لايتنينغ cs BAC Lightning cs Lightning da English Electic Lightning de BAC Lightning es BAC Lightning es Electric Lightning fa الكتريك لايتنينگ انگليس fa الکتریک لایتنینگ انگلیس fr BAC Lightning he אינגליש אלקטריק לייטנינג hu BAE Lightning hu BAC Lightning hu English Electric Ligthning it BAC Lightning ja BAC ライトニング
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85010759
GND ID
1028018584
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
English Electric Lightning F6, UK - Air Force AN2260192.jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/Electric-Lightning
Freebase ID
/m/01fvjh
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
BAC_Lightning
J9U entity ID
987012431011405171
Quora topic ID
English-Electric-Lightning
Topic's main category
Category:English Electric Lightning
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10646861

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🔗 Connections
Armament 4
ADEN, de Havilland Firestreak, Red Top, air-to-air rocket
Operator 3
Royal Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, Kuwait Air Force
Manufacturer 2
British Aircraft Corporation, English Electric
Country of origin 1
United Kingdom
Developer 1
English Electric
Has use 1
interceptor
Powered by 1
Avon
Subclass of 1
second-generation jet fighter
← SNARC ID 1
St Fagans National History Museum
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Summary

English Electric Lightning is an aircraft family[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total produced → 334
    Armament → ADEN, de Havilland Firestreak, Red Top +1
    Topic's main category → Category:English Electric Lightning
    Powered by → Avon
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987012431011405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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