Thunderbolt (disambiguation)

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A thunderbolt is a real or symbolic discharge of lightning accompanied by a loud thunderclap.

Thunderbolt may also refer to:

Military

Aircraft

• P-47 Thunderbolt, a United States Army Air Force fighter aircraft
• A-10 Thunderbolt II, an American ground support aircraft
• Mitsubishi J2M Raiden ("Thunderbolt"), a Japanese land-based fighter
• Saab 37 Viggen, also known as Thunderbolt, a Swedish fighter and attack aircraft

Naval vessels

• HMS Thunderbolt, any of four vessels of the Royal Navy
• USS Thunderbolt (PC-12), a US Navy patrol ship

Operations

• Operation Entebbe or Thunderbolt, the Israeli Defense Force rescue of civilian hostages held at Entebbe, Uganda
• Operation Thunderbolt, a Singapore Armed Forces hostage rescue operation
• Operation Thunderbolt (1951), a United Nations offensive during the Korean War

Organizations

• Legio XII Fulminata, a Roman legion which took its name and unit emblem from fulmen, Latin for Thunderbolt
• The Thunderbolts, the former aerobatic demonstration team of the Indian Air Force
• Nickname of the 11th Armored Division (United States)
• Sa'ka Forces (meaning thunderbolt), an Egyptian military commando force
• As-Sa'iqa (meaning thunderbolt), a Palestinian Ba'athist political and military faction

Military vehicles

• Thunderbolt, a test bed variant of the M8 Armored Gun System
• Thunderbolt-2000, a Republic of China (Taiwan) Army rocket launcher system

Technology

• Thunderbolt (interface), a high-speed data port
• Apple Thunderbolt Display, a computer monitor
• HTC Thunderbolt, a cell phone
• Thunderbolt siren, an outdoor warning siren

People

• Captain Thunderbolt (1833–1870), Australian bushranger
• Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł (1547–1603), prince of the Holy Roman Empire and nobleman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Thunderbolt Gibbons (fl. 1820), Irish leader of the secret Whiteboys agrarian organization
• Thunderbolt Patterson (born 1941), American professional wrestler

Places

• Thunderbolt, Georgia, a town
• Thunderbolt Peak, in California
• Thunderbolt Wreck, a dive site based on the scuttled ship Major General Wallace F. Randolph

Transportation

• Thunderbolt, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive
• Thunderbolt (car), British land speed record car of the 1930s
• Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt, an experimental automobile built in 1964
• BSA Thunderbolt, a British motorcycle manufactured between 1964 and 1972

Films

• Thunderbolt (1910 film)
• The Thunderbolt, a 1912 short
• Thunderbolt (1929 film)
• Thunderbolt!, a 1947 film
• Thunderbolt (1995 film), starring Jackie Chan
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, a 1974 American crime film written and directed by Michael Cimino
• Quentin Tarantino's Thunderbolt, the fictitious "original title" of the film Death Proof

Cartoons and comics

• Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt, Charlton Comics character
• Thunderbolts (comics), a Marvel comic book title
• Thunderbolt (Marvel Comics), comics characters
• Thunderbolt Ross, comics character
• Thunderbolt, DC Comics character related with the character Johnny Thunder
• Thunderbolt Jaxon, comics character

Video games

• Thunderbolt (website), a video games website
• Colonel Volgin, also known as "Thunderbolt", a character in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• Thunderbolt, a Pokémon attack

Fictional vehicles

• Starfury Thunderbolt, a spacefighter from the Babylon 5 television series
• Thunderbolt heavy fighter (Warhammer 40,000), from the Warhammer 40,000 game universe
• VF-11 Thunderbolt, a fighter in the Macross storyline

Roller coasters

• Thunderbolt (Celebration City), in Branson, Missouri
• Thunderbolt (Coney Island), a defunct roller coaster in New York
• Thunderbolt (Dreamworld), a defunct roller coaster in Queensland, Australia
• Thunderbolt (Kennywood), in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
• Thunderbolt (Luna Park, Coney Island)
• Thunderbolt (Six Flags New England), in Agawam, Massachusetts
• Viking Voyage, called Thunderbolt between 2003 and 2008

Other uses

• Windy City Thunderbolts, a Frontier League baseball team in Crestwood, Illinois
• Thunderbolt (Norwegian band)
• Thunderbolt, a publication of the National States' Rights Party
• Lampropeltis getula, a snake species also known as thunderbolt
• Vajra, a weapon or symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism

See also

• Lightning bolt (disambiguation)
• Thunderclap (disambiguation)
• Thunder (disambiguation)

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