Systems for multirole combat
A multirole fighter is built to swing between air-to-air and air-to-ground missions, often on the same sortie. The specs that matter are weapons payload and hardpoint count (how much of each mission set it can carry at once), combat radius (how far it can strike and still fight home), and sensor-suite breadth rather than any single peak performance number.
12 matching systems in our database.
What matters for multirole combat
- ●Weapons payload and hardpoints: total ordnance carried across both air-to-air and air-to-ground loadouts.
- ●Combat radius: how far the aircraft can fly, strike, and return without tanker support.
- ●Sensor suite: targeting pods, IRST and multi-mode radar that make the airframe useful in more than one mission.
- ●Thrust-to-weight: still matters when the same jet must defend itself after a strike run.
Multirole Combat systems in our database
L Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin
F-22A Raptor
Max speed 2,410 km/h
Range 2,960 km
Payload 2,270 kg
D Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Dassault Aviation
Rafale F4
Max speed 1,912 km/h
Range 3,700 km
Payload 9,500 kg
L Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin
F-35A Lightning II
Max speed 1,960 km/h
Range 2,800 km
Payload 8,160 kg
E Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Eurofighter GmbH
Eurofighter Typhoon
Max speed 2,495 km/h
Range 2,900 km
Payload 9,000 kg
B Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Boeing
F-15EX Eagle II
Max speed 2,660 km/h
Range 3,900 km
Payload 13,380 kg
L Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Lockheed Martin
F-16C Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon
Max speed 2,120 km/h
Range 4,220 km
Payload 7,700 kg
B Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Boeing
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
Max speed 1,915 km/h
Range 2,346 km
Payload 8,050 kg
K Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)
KF-21 Boramae
Max speed 2,200 km/h
Range 2,900 km
Payload 7,700 kg
S Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Sukhoi
Su-57
Max speed 2,440 km/h
Range 3,500 km
Payload 10,000 kg
S Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Saab AB
JAS 39E Gripen
Max speed 2,124 km/h
Range 4,000 km
Payload 5,300 kg
S Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
Sukhoi
Su-35S
Max speed 2,500 km/h
Range 3,600 km
Payload 8,000 kg
A Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft
AVIC (Aviation Industry Corporation of China)
J-20
Max speed 2,100 km/h
Range 3,400 km
Payload 11,000 kg
Frequently asked questions
- What defines a multirole fighter versus a dedicated air-superiority jet?
- Payload and hardpoint flexibility for switching between air-to-air and air-to-ground ordnance, plus a sensor suite (targeting pods, multi-mode radar) built for both jobs, often at some cost to the pure kinematic performance a dedicated interceptor would have.
- Why does combat radius matter more than range for multirole jets?
- Range is often ferry range with no ordnance; combat radius reflects a real mission (fly out with a strike load, engage, and return), which is the number that actually predicts what the aircraft can do operationally.