Some Amazing War Bird Specifications - Military Aircraft

Primary Function: Multirole fighter
Prime Contractor: Lockheed Martin
Power Plant: One Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 turbofan engine
Thrust: 43,000 pounds
Wingspan: 35 feet (10.7 meters)
Length: 51 feet (15.7 meters)
Height: 14 feet (4.38 meters)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 70,000 pound
Fuel Capacity: Internal: 18,498 pounds
Payload: 18,000 pounds (8,160 kilograms)
Speed: Mach 1.6 (~1,200 mph)
Range: More than 1,350 miles with internal fuel (1,200+ nautical miles), unlimited with aerial refueling
Ceiling: Above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers) 

Primary function: Air dominance, Multi-role
Contractor: Lockheed-Martin, Boeing
Power plant: 2 - Pratt & Whitney F119 turbofan engines with afterburners & two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles.
Thrust: 35,000 lbs class (each engine)
Wingspan: 44 feet, 6 inches (13.6 meters)
Length: 62 feet, 1 inch (18.9 meters)
Height: 16 feet, 8 inches (5.1 meters)
Weight: 43,340 pounds (19,700 kilograms)
Maximum takeoff weight: 83,500 pounds
Fuel capacity: Internal: 18,000 pounds (8,200 kilograms); with 2 external wing fuel tanks: 26,000 pounds (11,900 kilograms)
Payload: Same as armament air-to-air or air-to-ground loadouts; with or without two external wing fuel tanks.
Speed: Mach 2 class w/supercruise
Range: More than 1,850 miles ferry range w/ 2 external wing fuel tanks (1,600 nautical m)

Ceiling: above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)

Primary function: Fighter escort, suppression of enemy air defenses, reconnaissance, forward air control, close and deep air support, and day and night strike missions

Contractor: McDonnell Douglas

Power plant: Two General Electric F404-GE-402 afterburning turbofan engines

Thrust: 17,700 lb (8028.58 kg) per engine

Wingspan: 40.4 feet (12.3 meters) with AIM-9 Sidewinders on wingtip LAU-7 launchers

Length: 56.1 feet (17.1 meters)

Height: 15.5 feet (4.7 meters)

Weight: 23,000 pounds (10,433 kilograms)

Maximum takeoff weight: 51,900 pounds (23,541 kilograms)

Fuel capacity: 10,860 pounds (4,930 kilograms)

Payload: 17,750 pounds (8,032 kilograms) of external load on eleven stations

Speed: 1,190 mph (Mach 1.8)

Range: 1,253 miles ( 2,017  kilometers) 

Ceiling: 36,089 feet 

Primary function: Multi-role Fighter Aircraft 

Contractor: Lockheed Martin

Power plant: One Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-200/220/229 or One General Electric F110-GE-100/129

Thrust: 27,000 pounds

Wingspan: 32 feet, 8 inches (9.8 meters)

Length: 49 feet, 5 inches (14.8 meters)

Height: 16 feet (4.8 meters)

Weight: 19,700 pounds without fuel (8,936 kilograms)  

Maximum takeoff weight: 37,500 pounds (16,875 kilograms)

Fuel capacity: 7,000 pounds internal (3,175 kilograms); typical capacity, 12,000 pounds with two external tanks (5443 kilograms)

Payload: Two 2,000-pound bombs, two AIM-9, two AIM-120 and two 2400-pound external fuel tanks

Speed: 1,500 mph (Mach 2 at altitude)

Range: More than 2,002 miles ferry range (1,740 nautical miles) 

Ceiling: 50,000+ feet (15 kilometers)

Primary function: Air-to-ground attack aircraft

Contractor: The Boeing Company

Power plant: Two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners

Thrust: 25,000 – 29,000 pounds each engine

Wingspan: 42.8 feet (13 meters)

Length: 63.8 feet (19.44 meters)

Height: 18.5 feet (5.6 meters)

Weight: 37,500 pounds ( 17,010 kilograms)

Maximum takeoff weight: 81,000 pounds (36,450 kilograms)

Fuel capacity: 35,550 pounds (three external tanks plus conformal fuel tanks)

Payload: depends upon mission

Speed: 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5 plus)

Range: 2,400 miles (3,840 kilometers) ferry range with conformal fuel tanks and three external fuel tanks

Ceiling: 60,000 feet (18,288 meters)

Primary function: Close air support, airborne forward air control, combat search and rescue

Contractor: Fairchild Republic Co.

Power plant: Two General Electric TF34-GE-100 turbofans

Thrust: 9,065 pounds each engine

Wingspan: 57 feet, 6 inches (17.42 meters)

Length: 53 feet, 4 inches (16.16 meters)

Height: 14 feet, 8 inches (4.42 meters)

Weight: 29,000 pounds (13,154 kilograms)  

Maximum Takeoff Weight: 51,000 pounds (22,950 kilograms)  

Fuel Capacity: 11,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)

Payload: 16,000 pounds (7,257 kilograms)

Speed: 450 nautical miles per hour (Mach 0.75)

Range: 2580 miles (2240 nautical miles)

Ceiling: 45,000 feet (13,636 meters)

Characteristics for F135 CTOL / STOVL

Maximum thrust 

• (CTOL) 43,000 pounds (191.3 kN) 
• (STOVL) 41,000 pounds (182.4 kN)

Intermediate thrust 

• (CTOL) 28,000 pounds (128.1 kN) 
• (STOVL) 27,000 pounds (120.1 kN)

Length 220 inches (5.59 m) 

Short takeoff thrust (STOVL) 40,740 pounds (181.2 kN)

Inlet diameter 43 inches (1.09 m) 

Hover thrust 40,650 pounds (180.8 kN)

Maximum diameter 46 inches (1.17 m) Length 369 inches (9.37 m)

Engine Characteristics for F119

Type Twin-spool, augmented turbofan 

Thrust 35,000 pound thrust class 

Engine control FADEC (Full-Authority Digital Engine Control) 

Compression system Dual-rotor  counter-rotating, axial flow, low aspect ratio 

• Three-stage fan 
• Six-stage high-pressure compressor 

Turbines Axial flow, counter-rotating 

• One-stage high-pressure turbine 
• One-stage low-pressure turbine 

Nozzle Two-dimensional pitch-vectoring convergent/divergent

Engine Characteristics  for F404 Variants

Thrust Class 1700 - 1900 pounds (78.7 kN - 84kN)

Length 154in (391cm)

Airflow 146-163 pounds/ sec (66 kg/sec-70 kg/sec)

Maximum Diameter 35 inches (89 cm)

Weight 2,282 pounds 2,365 pounds (1,035 kg - 1,072 kg)

Inlet diameter 28 inches (71 cm)

Pressure ratio 26:1 - 28:1

Engine Characteristics for F110

Thrust class 29,000 pounds (129 kN)

Length 181.9 inches (4.6 m)

Airflow 270 pound/sec (122.4 kg/sec)

Maximum diameter 46.5 inches (1.2 m) 

Bypass ratio 0.76 

Engine Characteristics for F100

Thrust 29,160 pounds (129.7 kN) 

Weight (specification maximum) 3,826 pounds (1,735 kg) 

Length 191 inches (4.85 m) 

Inlet diameter 34.8 inches (0.88 m) Maximum diameter 46.5 inches (1.18 m) Bypass ratio 0.36 

Pressure ratio 32 :1 

Thrust to weight 7.6 

Engine Characteristics for TF34 

Thrust 9,065 pounds

Length 100 inches

Maximum diameter 49 inches

Dry weight 1,440 pounds

Pressure ratio 21:1 

Specific fuel consumption 0.371