In a notable achievement, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing have successfully restored an F-35A Lightning II aircraft, ...

Franken-bird”: The US Air Force has used sections from two damaged aircraft to restore an F-35 to combat-ready status.

After a lengthy restoration started with a feasibility study in 2020, the F-35 AF-5269 was sent to Lockheed Martin for final ...

Combining major structures from separate F-35s to build a fully operational plane is an Air Force first. Both these damaged ...

The restoration project stemmed from the need to salvage an aircraft damaged in a nose gear collapse in 2020 at Hill Air Force Base, while the other had suffered an ... For the past year, the restored ...

After more than a year of work, engineers and maintenance experts from the US Air Force and Lockheed Martin successfully flew ...

(U.S Air Force courtesy photo) Once returned at Hill AFB, the aircraft was hangared in the 4th Fighter Generation Squadron, where maintainers worked on the final stages of its restoration.