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May 21, 2021

Meet the X-32 Fighter: The U.S. Military's Alternative to the F-35

Built to the same specifications, the X-32 and the F-35 had relatively similar performance parameters.
by Robert Farley Follow drfarls on Twitter L

Here's What You Need to Know: We'll never know whether the X-32 would have run into the same difficulties of the F-35.

The Department of Defense (DoD) didn’t have to opt for the F-35. In the 1990s, both Boeing and Lockheed Martin bid for the next big fighter contract, a plane that would serve in each of the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as grace the air forces of many US allies. Boeing served up the X-32; Lockheed the X-35.

The Pentagon chose the F-35. Given the struggles of the last decade with the Joint Strike Fighter, it’s impossible not to wonder about what might have been; what if DoD had gone with Boeing’s X-32 instead, or with some combination of the two aircraft?

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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/meet-x-32-fighter-us-militarys-alternative-f-35-185654