10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. USAF X32B 250: USAF· Public domain
- 2. Boeing X-32: Saggittarius A· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 below: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 4. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 below three quarters: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 5. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 control surfaces side view: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 6. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 side: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 7. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 tail: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 8. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 three-quarters: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 9. Newly restored X-32 at National Museum USAF 2023 three quarters-2: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
- 10. Newly restored X-32 towed at National Museum USAF 2023: Ty Greenlees· Public domain
what is it?
The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition.
How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 11 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 26 years ago, in 2000.
- Top speed is 14.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.6 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2000-09-18
- number built
- —
- role
- experimental stealth fighter aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Boeing
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney YF119-PW-614
- crew
- 1
- length
- 13.7 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 5.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 17.2 t
- top speed
- 1,931 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q721721, Wikipedia: Boeing X-32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.