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Boeing’s X-32 Flew 144 Times, Refuelled in the Air, Went Supersonic and Landed Vertically. It Still Lost to the F-35

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Boeing's conventional X-32A first flew on 18 September 2000 and completed 66 flights, demonstrating aerial refuelling, weapons-bay operations and supersonic performance. The short-takeoff X-32B added another 78 flights and landed vertically. Between them the two aircraft flew 144 times and met every requirement the programme set. Boeing still lost.

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19FortyFive broke the news in Frederick, United States on Thursday, August 6, 2026.
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