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The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

Is a family of single-seat, single-engine, fifth generation multi role fighters under development to perform ground attack, reconnaissance, and air defense missions with stealth capability. The F-35 has three main models; one is a conventional takeoff and landing variant, the second is a short take off and vertical-landing variant, and the third is a carrier-based variant.

The F-35 is descended from the X-35, the product of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. JSF development is being principally funded by the United States, with the United Kingdom and other partner governments providing additional funding. The partner nations are either NATO members or close U.S. allies. It is being designed and built by an aerospace industry team led by Lockheed Martin. The F-35 took its first flight on 15 December 2006

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F-35 Lightning II
An F-35C Lightning II, marked CF-1, conducts a test flight over the Chesapeake Bay
Role	Stealth Multi role Fighter
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
First flight	15 December 2006
Introduction	2016–2018
Status	In initial production, in U.S. service as a training aircraft
Produced	2006–present
Number built	63
Unit cost	F-35A: US$122 million (flyaway cost, 2011) F-35B: US$150M (avg. cost, 2011) F-35C: US$139.5M (avg. cost, 2011) Note: Average costs excludes development cost F-35A weapons system unit cost is US$183.5M (FY 2011)
Developed from	Lockheed Martin X-35

The F-35 appears to be a smaller, slightly more conventional, single-engine sibling of the sleeker, twin-engine Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, and indeed drew elements from it. The exhaust duct design was inspired by the General Dynamics Model 200 design, which was proposed for a 1972 supersonic VTOL fighter requirement for the Sea Control Ship. For specialized development of the F-35B STOVL variant, Lockheed consulted with the Yakovlev Design Bureau, purchasing design data from their development of the Yakovlev Yak-141 "Freestyle",Although several experimental designs have been built and tested since the 1960s including the Navy's unsuccessful Rockwell XFV-12, the F-35B is to be the first operational supersonic, STOVL stealth fighter.

SPACIFICATION OF F-35

	F-35A CTOL	F-35B STOVL	F-35C CATOBAR
Length	51.4 ft (15.7 m)	51.3 ft (15.6 m)	51.5 ft (15.7 m)
Wingspan	35 ft (10.7 m)	35 ft (10.7 m)	43 ft (13.1 m)
Wing Area	460 ft² (42.7 m²)	460 ft² (42.7 m²)	668 ft² (62.1 m²)
Empty weight	29,300 lb (13,300 kg)	32,000 lb (14,500 kg)	34,800 lb (15,800 kg)
Internal fuel	18,500 lb (8,390 kg)	13,300 lb (6,030 kg)	19,600 lb (8,890 kg)
Max takeoff weight	70,000 lb (31,800 kg)	60,000 lb (27,000 kg)	70,000 lb (31,800 kg)
Range	1,200 nmi (2,220 km)	900 nmi (1,670 km)	1,400 nmi (2,520 km)
Combat radius on internal fuel	590 nmi (1,090 km)	450 nmi (833 km)	640 nmi (1,185 km)
Thrust/weight full fuel 50% fuel	0.87 1.07	0.90 1.04	0.75 0.91