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

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

An Air Force F-35 fighter jet crashed at Eielson Air Force ... “I can assure you the United States Air Force will conduct a thorough investigation in hopes to minimize the chances of such ...

TL;DR: The US ... Air Force Base in Florida in 2014. The crew behind this impressive project were the airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. They also had help from the ...

A US Air Force pilot safely ejected before his $82.5-$109 million F-35 Lightning II fighter jet crashed and exploded during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base southeast of Fairbanks ...

A brand-new F-35 costs about $80 million. The Franken-bird project, however, will cost U.S. taxpayers just $6 million—less ...

“I can assure you the United States Air Force will conduct a thorough investigation into this incident to minimize the chances of such occurrences from happening again.” Asked about whether the crash ...

An F-35 Lightning II crashed Tuesday afternoon ... "I can assure you the United States Air Force will conduct a thorough investigation into this incident to minimize the chances of such ...

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 crash of a United States Air Force F ...

An Air Force fighter pilot is in the hospital after an F-35 jet crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in ... "I can assure you the United States Air Force will conduct a thorough investigation in hopes to ...