Boeing X-32: The F-32 That Never Happened…
The F-35 program has been mired in controversy since day one. However, few care to remember the Boeing X-32, the F-32 that never was. The X-32 was Boeing's answer to Lockheed Martin's X-35, now the F-35.
Had the X-32 entered service, it would've entered service as the Boeing F-32. It would've also been the second Boeing aircraft to achieve STOVL (short takeoff and vertical landing), after the McDonnell Douglas-produced Harrier.
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Pre X-32
Before the X-32, and by extension, the X-35 (now the F-35), the world was a less stealthy place. Fighter jets like the F-14, F-15, F-16, Harrier and F-18 were the most common US fighters.
Despite these aircraft still being relatively new, there was no replacement for them. Th...