Jet Planes Flashcards
Mitsubishi F-1
The Mitsubishi F-1 is Japan’s first post-World War II domestically developed and built military jet, to enter production in Japan since the end of World War II, thus it was nicknamed “Supersonic Rei-Sen”.Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,056 mph
Wingspan: 25′ 10″
Length: 59′
Introduced: April 1978
Engine type: Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour
First flight: June 3, 1975
Mitsubishi F-2
Multirole fighter
The Mitsubishi F-2 is a 4.5th generation multirole fighter manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Lockheed Martin for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, with a 60/40 split in manufacturing between Japan and the USA. Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,535 mph
Range: 518 mi
Cruise speed: 1,320 mph
Wingspan: 37′ 0″
Engine type: General Electric F110
First flight: October 7, 1995
F-4 PHANTOM
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[N 1] is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft.[1] It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their respective air wings. The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2.
Northrop F-5
Fighter aircraft
The Northrop F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E and F-5F Tiger II are part of a supersonic light fighter family, initially designed in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,055 mph
Wingspan: 27′ 0″
Length: 47′
Engine type: General Electric J85
First flight: July 30, 1959
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
Fighter aircraft
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental program following the collapse of the F-111B project. Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,544 mph
Introduced: September 22, 1974
Retired: September 22, 2006
Range: 1,991 mi
Weight: 40,100 lbs
Length: 63′
Engine type: General Electric F110
F-15 STRIKE EAGLE
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle
Strike fighter
The McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle is an American all-weather multirole strike fighter, derived from the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle. Wikipedia
Length: 64′
Top speed: 1,650 mph
Introduced: April 1988
Unit cost: 31,100,000–31,100,000 USD (1998)
Engine type: Pratt & Whitney F100
First flight: December 11, 1986
F - 16 Falcon
(General Dynamics Fighting Falcon)
Falcon is a single-engine multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force
Length 49’’ Wingspan 33’
F - 22 Raptor
(Lockheed Martin 2005)
The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force.
Top Speed 1,498 mph
F/A 18 - Hornet
The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet is a twin-engine supersonic, all-weather carrier-capable multirole combat jet, designed as both a fighter and attack aircraft. Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,190 mph
Length: 56′
Unit cost: 29,000,000–57,000,000 USD (2006)
Engine type: General Electric F404
First flight: November 18, 1978
The North American F-86 Sabre, (tomahawk) sometimes called the Sabrejet, was a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States’ first swept wing … Wikipedia
Wingspan: 37′ 0″
Length: 37′
Introduced: 1949
Retired: 1980
First flight: October 1, 1947
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
Stealth aircraft
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk is a single-seat, twin-engine stealth attack aircraft that was developed by Lockheed’s secretive Skunk Works division and operated by the United States Air Force.Wikipedia
Top speed: 617 mph
Introduced: October 1983
Retired: April 22, 2008
Range: 1,069 mi
Engine type: General Electric F404
Unit cost: 42,600,000–111,200,000 USD
First flight: June 18, 1981
Dassault Rafale
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation.
A/V-8B Harrier II The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier Jump Jet family. Capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL), the aircraft was designed in the late 1970s as an Anglo-American development of the British Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational V/STOL aircraft. Named after a bird of prey,
A-10 THUNDERBOLT (WARTHOG)
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is an American twin-engine; straight-wing jet aircraft developed by Fairchild-Republic in the early 1970s. The only United States Air Force aircraft designed solely for close air support of ground forces; the A-10 was built to attack tanks; armored vehicles; and other ground targets with limited air defenses.The A-10 was designed around the GAU-8 Avenger;
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
Multirole fighter
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters undergoing final development and testing by the United States. Wikipedia
Top speed: 1,199 mph
Range: 1,379 mi
Length: 51′
Wingspan: 35′ 0″
Engine type: Pratt & Whitney F135
