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<blockquote data-quote="sferrin" data-source="post: 38060" data-attributes="member: 7600">http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/missing-mds.htmlThe jump from F-23 to F-35 was because the guy announcing the winner didn't understand designations and nobody dared correct him.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp; When the announcement was made that the X-35 had won some reporter asked &quot;what will it's official designation be&quot;.&nbsp; You could almost hear the panic in the guy's voice when he said &quot;uh. . .F-35?&quot;&nbsp; I'm not even certain the X designators were correct.&nbsp; X-32 was originally assigned to JAST run by Lockheed.&nbsp; (You could even fly the Lockheed canard-equipped &quot;X-32&quot; in the game &quot;JSF&quot;.)&nbsp; How it ended up being assigned to Boeing I have no idea.&nbsp; As orginally conceived JAST should have been in the &quot;X&quot; series.&nbsp; As a program intended for production they should have probably been called &quot;XF-24&quot; and &quot;XF-25&quot; IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sferrin, post: 38060, member: 7600"] http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/missing-mds.html The jump from F-23 to F-35 was because the guy announcing the winner didn't understand designations and nobody dared correct him. Seriously. When the announcement was made that the X-35 had won some reporter asked "what will it's official designation be". You could almost hear the panic in the guy's voice when he said "uh. . .F-35?" I'm not even certain the X designators were correct. X-32 was originally assigned to JAST run by Lockheed. (You could even fly the Lockheed canard-equipped "X-32" in the game "JSF".) How it ended up being assigned to Boeing I have no idea. As orginally conceived JAST should have been in the "X" series. As a program intended for production they should have probably been called "XF-24" and "XF-25" IMO. [/QUOTE]

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