Russia’s first operational stealth fighter blends a low-observable airframe with internal weapons, advanced sensors, and high agility. Its design balances reduced detectability with maneuver performance and broad mission ambitions, although the program’s production scale and evolving engine configuration distinguish it from more mature stealth fleets.
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
METRICSu-57 FelonF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
Mach 2.0REFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
66,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
2,175 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 2020REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
RussiaDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Stealth multirole 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.
