- Crew: 1
- Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas
- Primary Function: STOVL close-support
- Unit Cost: $23,700,000
- Inventory: 340+ total
- Height: 11 feet, 7 inches
- Length: 46.3 feet
- Wingspan: 30.3 feet
- Powerplant: Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 Pegasus Vectored-Thrust Turbofan
- Thrust: 23,800 pounds
- Maximum Takeoff Weight: 31,000 lb
- Maximum Range: 900 nautical miles
- Maximum Ceiling: above 50,000 feet (15 kilometers)
- Maximum Speed: 550 knots (Mach .85)
- Payload: 6x under-wing pylons and 1x under fuselage with a capacity of 9,200 pounds (4,200 kilograms)
- Armament: One fuselage-mounted 25 mm gun system Standard Air-to-Ground (A/G) load: Six Mk 82, 500 pound bombs Standard Air-to-Air (A/A) load: Four AIM-9L/M Sidewinder missiles Provisions for carrying up to 9,000 pounds of ordnance on seven stations