Military Aviation Art
Boeing X-32 & Lockheed Martin X-35
Designed to combine several different tactical missions into one advanced
aircraft, the Joint Strike Fighter will fly as an attack fighter for the
U.S. Air Force, a carrier-based attack jet for the U.S. Navy, and a short
takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) attack aircraft for the U.S. Marine
Corps. Replacing aircraft like the A-10 and AV-8B Harrier, the newly-named
F-35 Lightning II will also be flown by U.S. allies such as Great Britain
and Australia. In 2001, Lockheed Martin’s X-35 won a fly-off competition
beating Boeing’s X-32 JSF demonstrator and both of these aircraft are
represented in this historic lithograph signed by all 13 JSF test pilots
assigned to the evaluation program.
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