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

Like the fictional Frankenstein's work, it took some creativity to transform the two damaged F-35 Lightning IIs into a single and operational fighter.

The US Air Force has successfully restored an F-35A Lightning II by merging two damaged jets, saving over $74 million.

Aviators from the 388th Fighter Wing have completed a groundbreaking project to restore an F-35A Lightning II from two ...

Combining major structures from separate F-35s to build a fully operational plane is an Air Force first. Both these damaged jets would've otherwise ended up as ...

The knowledge and skills required to maintain the F-35A Lightning ... of airmen at the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah are capable of all of it. The Lightning Technician Program ...

The F-35A’s advanced sensor package gathers and distributes more information than any fighter in history, giving operators a decisive advantage over all adversaries. Its tremendous processing ...

A Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II of the United States Air Force crashed within the perimeter of Eielson Air Force Base, ...

The F-35A Lightning II isn't invisible ... it all shows in the final product." The active-duty 388th FW and Air Force Reserve 419th FW are the Air Force's only combat-capable F-35 units, working ...

The aircraft, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, was landing around 10:45 ... The incident comes less than a month after an F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron crashed ...

The 301 FW at NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas is part of the 10th Air Force, which is scheduled to receive a total of 26 total F-35A Lightning II aircraft over the next 9-12 months. The post The 301st ...