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

The 'Franken-Lightning' uses a cockpit from AF-27, an F-35 that suffered a serious engine fire flying from Eglin AFB, Florida ...

The F-35 is one of the most expensive pieces of equipment ever, so the U.S. Air Force decided to salvage two damaged planes ...

Heather Wilburn Fleet Readiness Center EastMARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – How does a Marine Corps unit train to recover a downed fighter, when no ...

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

The US has announced plans to sell F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets to India, a move that could reshape regional air ...

The photos, dating back to November 2022, show the second “chrome” F-35C with its peculiar mirror-like coating degraded over ...

Recent reports from various defense and security sources suggest Morocco could be on the verge of becoming the first Arab and African nation to acquire the advanced F-35 stealth fighter jet.

The first of these major crashes happened on January 2, 2022, and involved a South Korean F-35. The cause of the crash was a landing gear malfunction, leading to an F-35 making an emergency belly ...

Townsend also stated that the pilot was executing normal, standard procedures when the crash occurred. Videos show the falling F-35 with its landing gear extended. A video only shows the last few ...

A US Air Force pilot safely escaped after an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a ... built jet spinning in tight circles with its landing gear extended as it plummeted almost vertically toward ...