Derived from the Electra airliner, the P-3 became a long-endurance maritime patrol platform built around sensors, sonobuoys, weapons, and crew workstations. Its ability to loiter low over the ocean made it a central Cold War submarine hunter and an adaptable surveillance aircraft.
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
METRICLockheed P-3 OrionF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
473 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
28,300 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
5,570 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 1962REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Maritime patrol aircraftDESCRIPTIVE 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.
