Background
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor, with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B, and the carrier-based (CV/CATOBAR) F-35C.
The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, which in 2001 beat the Boeing X-32 to win the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. Its development is principally funded by the United States, with additional funding from program partner countries from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and close U.S. allies, including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Italy, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, and formerly Turkey. Several other countries have also ordered, or are considering ordering, the aircraft. The program has drawn much scrutiny and criticism for its unprecedented size, complexity, ballooning costs, and much-delayed deliveries. The acquisition strategy of concurrent production of the aircraft while it was still in development and testing led to expensive design changes and retrofits.
The F-35 first flew in 2006 and entered service with the U.S. Marine Corps F-35B in July 2015, followed by the U.S. Air Force F-35A in August 2016 and the U.S. Navy F-35C in February 2019. The aircraft was first used in combat in 2018 by the Israeli Air Force. The U.S. plans to buy 2,456 F-35s through 2044, which will represent the bulk of the crewed tactical aviation of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps for several decades; the aircraft is planned to be a cornerstone of NATO and U.S.-allied air power and to operate until 2070.
Model Type - F-35A Lightning II (USAF Model)
Class - Multi-role Stealth Fighter
Crew - 1
SDC By Location
Nose/Cockpit 190
Main Body/fuselage 540
Wings (2) 180 ea
Tailplanes (2) 120 ea
Engines (1) 260
AR - 11
Armour - Automatically stops up to and including the equivalent of standard .25 ACP rounds (1d6/6sd).
Speed
Flying - Mach 1.6+ at high altitude, Mach 1.1 at low altitude
Range - Combat Radius 1200-1400km depending on mission
Altitude - 15 km
Statistics
Height - 4.4m
Length - 15.7m
Width - 11m
Weight - 29.9 tons maximum, 13.29 tons empty
Cargo - Minimal survival gear
Power System - 1 × Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 afterburning turbofan
Cost - 100+ million USD.
Weapons
Weapon Type - GAU-22 25mm gatling gunpod
Primary Purpose - Anti-fighter
Range - 300m/700m/1.5km
Damage - 2d6x10 per round. 8d6x10 per 10 round burst.
Rate Of Fire - equal to pilots attacks, only fires bursts
Payload - 180 rounds (a8 bursts)
Weapon Type - Hardpoints (6, 3 per wing)
Primary Purpose - Anti-fighter, anti-installation
Range - As per missile type
Damage - As per missile type
Rate Of Fire - 1 at a time equal to pilot attacks
Payload - each hardpoint can carry: 1 Heavy HE Bombor 1 HE Bomb or 1 HE air to air missile or 1 Light HE air to air missile or 1 HE Cluster Bomb or 1 Frag Cluster bomb
Bonuses - na
Weapon Type - Weapon Bays (2)
Primary Purpose - Anti-fighter, anti-installation
Range - As per missile type
Damage - As per missile type
Rate Of Fire - 1 at a time equal to pilot attacks
Payload - each can carry: 1 heavy HE bomb or 1 HE air to ground missile or 2 HE air to air missiles or 1 Frag Cluster bomb or 1 HE Cluster bomb
Bonuses - na
Bonuses and penalities
use vehicle combat training and combat flying if applicable
+1 dodge at level 4, 8 and 13
Systems of Note
Fly by Light control system - Gives a bonus of +10% to all piloting rolls however if the craft takes more than 50% damage there's a 75% chance the control system will fail. This will cause the craft to crash.
Radar - Range of 400km. Able to track up to 30 targets, display 20 targets and lock onto 6 targets at once.
Radar Warning Receiver - Warns of potential Radar Lock. Range - equal to radar
ECM System - -20% penalty to opposing radar/sensor operators and -2 to be hit.
Chaff/Flare Dispensers - 75% to cause locked on missiles to lose lock and fly off elsewhere. Carries 6 of each.
Targeting Computer - +2 to strike with all on board weapon systems
Combat Computer - Calculates, stores and transmits data onto a HUD (heads up display). Typically tied into the units targeting computer. Can hold dozens of entries about various enemies.
Motion detector/Collision Warning System - Range 600m
FLIR - Advanced forward looking infa-red system for night operations. Range - 20km
GPS/Inertial Navigation System.
Communications - Range 600km, can boosted via satellite relay.
Missile approach warning system - informs the pilot of a missile lock and attack. Range is is equal to the Radar.
Ejection Systems - Ejects Pilot and Radar Officer from damaged aircraft.
Stealthy - -20% to opposing sensory equipment roll to detect the aircraft beyond visual range and negates any sensor bonuses to strike
References Used
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