F-35 Lightning II
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carrier-based fighter
conventional takeoff and landing fighter
fifth-generation jet fighter
fighter aircraft
short takeoff and vertical landing fighter
stealth multirole combat aircraft
The F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole combat aircraft developed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. and allied nations, designed to perform air-to-air, air-to-ground, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| F-35 Lightning II canonical | 16 |
| Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II | 9 |
| F-35 Lightning II family | 2 |
| Joint Strike Fighter | 2 |
| F-35 | 1 |
| F-35I Adir | 1 |
| F-35I Adir fighter aircraft | 1 |
| Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (concept and early development) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T650017 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: F-35 Lightning II Context triple: [Joint Strike Fighter program, primaryOutcome, F-35 Lightning II]
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Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, stealth multirole fighter aircraft designed for advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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F-35C Lightning II
The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s carrier-capable variant of the stealth multirole Joint Strike Fighter, designed for catapult launches, arrested recoveries, and long-range strike and air superiority missions at sea.
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F-35B Lightning II
The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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F-22 Raptor
The F-22 Raptor is a U.S. fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter jet known for its advanced avionics, supercruise capability, and exceptional maneuverability.
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E.
F-16 Fighting Falcon
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a highly maneuverable, multirole jet fighter widely used by air forces around the world for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: F-35 Lightning II Target entity description: The F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole combat aircraft developed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. and allied nations, designed to perform air-to-air, air-to-ground, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
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Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II is a fifth-generation, single-seat, stealth multirole fighter aircraft designed for advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground combat operations.
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B.
F-35C Lightning II
The F-35C Lightning II is the U.S. Navy’s carrier-capable variant of the stealth multirole Joint Strike Fighter, designed for catapult launches, arrested recoveries, and long-range strike and air superiority missions at sea.
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C.
F-35B Lightning II
The F-35B Lightning II is a fifth-generation, stealth, short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) multirole fighter jet used by several air arms, including the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
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F-22 Raptor
The F-22 Raptor is a U.S. fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter jet known for its advanced avionics, supercruise capability, and exceptional maneuverability.
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F-16 Fighting Falcon
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a highly maneuverable, multirole jet fighter widely used by air forces around the world for both air-to-air combat and ground-attack missions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
carrier-based fighter
ⓘ
conventional takeoff and landing fighter ⓘ fifth-generation jet fighter ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ short takeoff and vertical landing fighter ⓘ stealth multirole combat aircraft ⓘ |
| alliedPartnerCountries |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| combatUse | used in combat operations by Israel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designation |
F-35 Lightning II
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
F-35
|
| designConfiguration | single-seat, single-engine, supersonic fighter ⓘ |
| developer |
Lockheed Martin
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
|
| engineType |
Pratt & Whitney F135 engine
ⓘ
surface form:
Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan
|
| feature |
advanced avionics
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helmet-mounted display system ⓘ internal weapons bays ⓘ low observable stealth design ⓘ network-centric warfare capability ⓘ sensor fusion ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 2006-12-15 ⓘ |
| generation | fifth-generation fighter ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II
ⓘ
surface form:
F-35A Lightning II
F-35B Lightning II ⓘ F-35C Lightning II ⓘ |
| intendedReplacementFor |
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
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surface form:
A-10 Thunderbolt II
AV-8B Harrier II ⓘ F-16 Fighting Falcon ⓘ F/A-18 Hornet ⓘ |
| introduced | 2015 ⓘ |
| majorSubcontractor |
BAE Systems
ⓘ
Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | approximately Mach 1.6 ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | named after the World War II P-38 Lightning and English Electric Lightning ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | none ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator |
Belgian Air Force
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surface form:
Belgian Air Component
Royal Danish Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Danish Air Force
Finnish Air Force ⓘ Israeli Air Force ⓘ Aeronautica Militare ⓘ
surface form:
Italian Air Force
Italian Navy ⓘ Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ Polish Air Force ⓘ Republic of Korea Air Force ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Royal Netherlands Air Force ⓘ Royal Norwegian Air Force ⓘ Republic of Singapore Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Singapore Air Force
United States Air Force ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| primaryContractor | Lockheed Martin ⓘ |
| primaryRole | multirole fighter ⓘ |
| programCost | one of the most expensive military weapons programs ⓘ |
| programName |
F-35 Lightning II
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Joint Strike Fighter
|
| role |
air-to-air combat
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air-to-ground attack ⓘ close air support ⓘ electronic warfare ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance ⓘ suppression of enemy air defenses ⓘ |
| status | in service ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | trapezoidal wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: F-35 Lightning II Description of subject: The F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole combat aircraft developed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. and allied nations, designed to perform air-to-air, air-to-ground, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
F-35 Lightning II family
subject surface form:
ASRAAM
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
F-35I Adir fighter aircraft
subject surface form:
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
subject surface form:
Meteor
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
F-35 Lightning II family
this entity surface form:
Joint Strike Fighter
this entity surface form:
F-35
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
this entity surface form:
F-35I Adir
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (concept and early development)
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
subject surface form:
Lockheed Martin Corporation