The Marine Corps MV-22 combines helicopter-like vertical access with airplane speed and range for ship-to-shore assault support and expeditionary logistics. Rotating its engine nacelles transforms the aircraft between vertical and wing-borne flight, giving commanders reach that conventional helicopters cannot match while imposing distinctive training and maintenance demands.
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
METRICMV-22 OspreyF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
316 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
25,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
1,011 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 2007REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Marine medium-lift assault supportDESCRIPTIVE 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.
