The F-35A Lightning II, also known as “Frankenjet” due to its construction from two separate, damaged aircraft, has returned ...

In a pioneering repair mission, the US Air Force has returned a fully operational F-35A fighter jet to active service by ...

The repair that ultimately resulted in the creation of the Franken-Lightning took two years and five months to complete and ...

In what could be called a modern world wonder, the US Air Force has inducted a first-of-its-kind F-35A Lightning II fighter made from two crashed F-35As. The assembled fighter, known as the ...