X-32B JSF Demonstrator

Boeing began flying its X-32B Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator on Mar. 29 with a 50-min. mission at Edwards AFB, Calif. The prototype is configured to allow short take-off and vertical landing, but only flew in conventional mode last week. Boeing is betting on a direct-lift approach in which it...

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