Fighter Jets
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
ICAO: F104
Overview
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation stealth fighter introduced in the 2010s. Designed for multiple service branches, it incorporates advanced sensors and networked capability. The aircraft is produced in three primary variants.
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Specifications
Units
- Engine
- 1 × Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100
- Engine type
- Turbofan
- Thrust
- 43,000 lbf · 191 kN
- Avionics
- JSF Cooperative Avionics
- Wing tips
- No winglets
- Seats
- 1
- Crew
- —
- Cabin width
- —
- Cabin height
- —
- Cabin length
- —
- Exterior length
- 51 ft 6 in · 15.70 m
- Tail height
- 14 ft 8 in · 4.48 m
- Fuselage diameter
- —
- Wing span
- 35 ft 1 in · 10.70 m
- Baggage volume
- —
- Gross weight
- —
- Empty weight
- —
- Max takeoff weight
- 70,000 lb · 31,800 kg
- Max landing weight
- —
- Max payload
- 18,000 lb · 8,150 kg
- Fuel capacity
- 2,750 gal · 10,400 L · 8,400 kg (Jet A)
- Max cruise speed
- 1,043 kt · 1,200 mph · 1,932 km/h
- Maximum speed
- —
- Cruise speed
- —
- Approach speed
- 250 kt · 288 mph · 463 km/h
- Range
- 1,500 nm · 1,730 mi · 2,780 km
- Fuel burn
- 0.94 nm/gal · 0.46 km/L
- Ceiling
- 65,000 ft · 19,800 m
- Rate of climb
- 40,000 ft/min · 203 m/s
- Takeoff distance
- 550 ft · 170 m
- Landing distance
- 700 ft · 210 m
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