McDonnell Douglas / Boeing · Strategic and tactical airlift
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
The C-17 connects intercontinental airlift with access to relatively short, austere runways. A high-lift wing, externally blown flaps, thrust reversers, and a wide cargo compartment let it deliver outsized loads closer to their destination than traditional strategic transports.
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
METRICC-17 Globemaster IIIF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
518 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
45,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
2,780 mi with payloadREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 1995REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Strategic and tactical airliftDESCRIPTIVE 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.
