Rugged, fast in a dive, and available when Allied air forces urgently needed modern fighters, the P-40 served from North Africa and China to the Pacific. It rewarded energy-conscious tactics rather than turning contests at altitude, and its durable airframe proved equally useful in fighter-bomber work.
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
METRICCurtiss P-40 WarhawkF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
360 mphREFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
29,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
650 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
Single-engine fighterDESCRIPTIVE 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.
