Boeing X-32 - Wikipedia
The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
X-32’s Test Pilot On Why It Lost To What Became The F-35
Feb 4, 2022 · Boeing X-32, USAF Yates was given what he called a “mini-detachment” of 20 maintenance crew personnel and two F/A-18s sent from VX-23 to serve as chase planes …
X-32: Boeing's Jet Fighter Prototype Lost Out to the Lockheed …
Dec 26, 2023 · Many unusual-looking aircraft have been developed over the years, but none are as ugly as the Boeing X-32. Designed as part of the Joint Strike Fighter program in the mid-1990s, the fighter ultimately lost out to a prototype submitted by Lockheed Martin, which became the famed F-35 Lightning II.
Boeing X-32A - National Museum of the USAF
The Boeing X-32 was a Concept Demonstrator Aircraft (CDA) built as a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contest which started in 1996. Boeing built two variants, the X-32A and X-32B, which together performed Conventional Take-Off and Landings (CTOL), Short Take-Off and Vertical Landings (STOVL), and as a Carrier Variant ...
This Is What A Boeing F-32 Would’ve Looked Like If Lockheed Lost …
May 20, 2018 · To this day the X-32 is lambasted for its atrocious looks, but Boeing's final vision for its F-32 fighter was markedly different in appearance.
Study This Ugly Stealth Fighter: The X-32 Nearly Was the F-35
Jun 19, 2021 · Employing a direct-lift thrust vectoring system, the X-32 reached top speeds of just under 1.6 mach. The X-32’s internal bay loadout supported six AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, or a combination...
Boeing X-32: The heavyweight lying on the canvas - Militaryview
In the technological maelstrom of the early millennium, the Boeing X-32 and the Lockheed Martin X-35 engaged in a fierce air battle for supremacy in the Joint Strike Fighter program. A duel of titans, where history crowned the Lockheed Martin F-35, relegating the X-32 to the shadows of the “almost happened.”
X-32's Makeover: Before And After - The War Zone
Dec 11, 2023 · The National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) has just completed its full restoration of the Boeing X-32A, the loser to Lockheed’s X-35 in the Joint …
X-32 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) - GlobalSecurity.org
Jul 7, 2011 · With an expected 15,000 pounds of internal fuel and both internal and external ordnance carriage capabilities, its designed combat radius and payload surpass that of the legacy aircraft that it...
Boeing X-32A | Aircraft of World War II - WW2Aircraft.net Forums
Jun 23, 2006 · Boeing X-32 JSF contender, early design. The final X-32 used a trapezoidal wing with conventional horizontal stabilators. Apparently at the time, Dassault engineers (known for their Rafale and Mirage delta wing fighters) said Boeing was doing it wrong. https://www.jsf.mil/gallery/gal_photo_cdp_boe_manf.htm. It looks weird enough to be British.