Restoring the salvaged 'Franken-bird' F-35A Lightning fighter jet cost an estimated $6 million, a fraction of the $80 million ...

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

The 354th Fighter Wing confirmed in a statement that the ... is visible in the recording. The F-35, a cornerstone of the US military’s fleet, is lauded for its advanced stealth and combat ...

Marines based in North Carolina recently trained to recover a damaged, downed F-35B Lightning II before a worst-case scenario ...

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

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

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.

An Air Force pilot was forced to eject after their F-35 fighter jet crashed in a fiery explosion during a training exercise ...

An F-35C of VX-9 assigned to the United Operational Test Team at Edwards AFB performed the first dual drop of externally ...

The F-35 fighter jet crashed Tuesday at 12:49 p.m ... Paul Townsend, commander of the 354th Fighter Wing. Townsend added the base will work to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Heather Wilburn Fleet Readiness Center EastMARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – How does a Marine Corps unit train ...

After more than a year of work, engineers and maintenance experts from the US Air Force (USAF) and Lockheed Martin have successfully flown a regenerated F-35A fighter formed by splicing together ...