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.
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F-35 “Franken-bird” Takes Flight After Being Rebuilt from Parts of Two AircraftAviators from the 388th Fighter Wing have completed a groundbreaking project to restore an F-35A Lightning II from two ...
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 and Lockheed Martin successfully flew ...
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 US Air Force has successfully restored an F-35A Lightning II by merging two damaged jets, saving over $74 million.
Marines based in North Carolina recently trained to recover a damaged, downed F-35B Lightning II before a worst-case scenario ...
The F-35 Lightning II may be the world's most advanced jet, but the U.S. didn't create it alone. Eight other countries helped ...
The fighter jet, landing gear extended in the footage, fell in an uncontrolled flat spin, passing in front of its own ejected ...
A US Air Force fighter jet crashed on Tuesday during a training exercise at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, an ...
An F-35 Lightning II crashed during a scheduled training event at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, causing a massive ...
The pilot of the F-35 was able to safely eject, according to the USAF, and can be seen descending toward the ground under an ...
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