The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, single-engine stealth multirole fighter that can perform close air support, tactical bombing, and air defense missions.
Role: Stealth multirole fighter
First flight: 15 December 2006
Introduction: 2014 (USMC), 2014 (USAF), 2016 (USN)
Status: Under development, in flight testing
Produced: 2003–present
Number built: 13 flight-test aircraft, 15 LRIP aircraft on order.
Unit cost: US$191.9 million (flyaway cost for FY 2010)
Developed from: Lockheed Martin X-35
Maximum speed: Mach 1.67 (1,283 mph, 2,065 km/h)
Range: 1,200 nmi (2,220 km) on internal fuel
Combat radius: 590 nmi (1,090 km) on internal fuel
Service ceiling: 60,000 ft(18,288 m)
Rate of climb: classified (not publicly available)
Wing loading: 91.4 lb/ft² (446 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight:
With full fuel: 0.87
With 50% fuel: 1.07
g-Limits: 9 g
Armament:
Guns: 1 × 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-22/A cannon, internally mounted with 180 rounds
Hardpoints: 6× external pylons on wings with a capacity of 15,000 lb (6,800 kg) and 2 × internal bays with 2 pylons each for a total weapons payload of 18,000 lb (8,100 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
Missiles:
Air-to-air: AIM-9X Sidewinder, IRIS-T, Joint Dual Role Air Dominance Missile (JDRADM) (after 2020)
Air-to-ground: AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-158 JASSM
Bombs:
Mark 84, Mark 83 and Mark 82 GP bombs
Mk.20 Rockeye II cluster bomb
Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser capable
Paveway-series laser-guided bombs
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)
JDAM-series
B61 nuclear bomb (for F-35A in 2017)
Avionics:Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems AN/APG-81 AESA radar
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