Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-engine, single-seat fighter bomber. It's prototype was called the X-35 and beat the X-32 in the Joint Strike Fighter competion (JSF). The United States plans to buy a total of 2,443 planes. There are three main variants of it: F-35A is the USAF version that defers from other variants with a built-in cannon and being a conventional aircraft, F-35B is the USMC Short Takeoff Or Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant and will carry two 1,000 LBS JDAMS rather than 2,000 LBS JDAMS, and the F-35C is the USN version that is capable of taking off of carrier decks.