North American Aviation · Supersonic bomber research aircraft
HISTORICAL FIELD NOTE
Built to explore sustained Mach 3 flight at bomber scale, the XB-70 used six engines, a slender forward fuselage, folding wingtips, and compression lift beneath its delta wing. Only two were completed, but their flights produced valuable data on heating, structures, handling, and high-speed aerodynamics.
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
METRICNorth American XB-70 ValkyrieF-35A Lightning II
Top speed
Mach 3.08REFERENCE VALUE
Mach 1.6REFERENCE VALUE
Ceiling
77,350 ftREFERENCE VALUE
50,000 ftREFERENCE VALUE
Range
4,288 miREFERENCE VALUE
1,200+ nmiAPPROXIMATE / PUBLISHED
Archive milestone
Service entry · 1964REFERENCE VALUE
Service entry · 2016REFERENCE VALUE
Nation
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
United StatesDESCRIPTIVE VALUE
Primary role
Supersonic bomber research 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.
