The versatile Mitchell served in every major theater of World War II and became famous after the 1942 Doolittle Raid launched from USS Hornet. Adaptable to bombing, strafing, reconnaissance, and anti-shipping work, it demonstrated how a sound medium-bomber airframe could be reshaped around widely different combat needs.
INTERACTIVE MODEL LOADS WHEN NEARBY
2016 / ModernAirframe B
F-35A Lightning II
Lockheed Martin · Conventional multirole fighter
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
The conventional-runway F-35A combines low-observable shaping, sensor fusion, and internal weapons carriage with the lightest airframe and largest internal fuel load of the three F-35 variants. It entered U.S. Air Force operational service in 2016 and is designed for both air-to-air and precision-strike missions.
PERFORMANCE
SPECIFICATION BREAKDOWN
METRICB-25 MitchellF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
272 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
24,200 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
1,350 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 1941REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Medium bomberDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Conventional multirole fighterDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Values are concise archive references and can vary by variant, payload, configuration, altitude, operating conditions, and source. Range may describe different published measures where a directly comparable figure is unavailable.
