The F-35A Lightning II “Frankenjet,” assigned to the 4th Fighter Generation Squadron, 388th Fighter Wing, returned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on March 26. (Capt. Nathan Poblete/U.S. Air Force) An F ...

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 ...

The F-35A stealth fighter jet is made from recycled parts of two broken planes and has been dubbed the "Frankenjet" - but it ...

A fighter jet built by recycling various parts of two broken warplanes is now fully functioning, according to the U.S. Air ...

Working with the 388th Fighter Wing Maintenance Group and the defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin, they sought to remove the nose from one inoperative jet and transfer it onto another ...

388th Fighter Wing, returned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on March 26. (Capt. Nathan Poblete/U.S. Air Force) 32,503 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?

The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in ...

The rebuilt jet flew for the first time in January 2025 and has since been assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB. “This is the first F-35 ‘Frankin-bird’ to date. This is history ...