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.

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

The ICT is capable of relaunching aircraft in under half the time. "We are developing capabilities to make us more lethal," according to U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Hand at the Air ...

Two Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets fly with two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft during a joint patrol and training over the South China Sea on Tuesday. (Philippine Air Force via AP ...

“They sincerely are looking at things in the contract or in the process that are slowing us down that are not ... Although the two Air Force One jets are more than $1 billion over budget each ...

The restoration project stemmed from the need to salvage an aircraft damaged in a nose gear collapse in 2020 at Hill Air Force Base, while the other had suffered an engine fire at Eglin Air Force Base ...

US and Philippine Fighter Aircraft Jointly ... to counter China’s increasingly assertive actions. Two U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber aircraft and three Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets joined ...