Built for heavy lift, the three-engine CH-53E moves troops, vehicles, and equipment from ships to demanding landing zones. Its seven-blade rotor, in-flight refueling capability, and folding shipboard configuration reflect the difficult requirement to combine enormous lifting power with naval expeditionary operations.
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
METRICCH-53E Super StallionF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
196 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
18,500 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
621 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 1981REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Heavy-lift helicopterDESCRIPTIVE 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.
