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.

2020 An F-35 Lightning II’s landing gear collapsed during landing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah on Monday, the base announced. The aircraft, assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, was landing ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (ABC4 ... Officials said the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and the reserve 419th Fighter Wing will be performing night flying exercises in order to “fulfill ...

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

The Elephant Walk featured 24 F-22s and six T-38s of the 1st Fighter Wing. Aircraft belonging to the 1st Fighter Wing took ...

Personnel from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings at Hill Air Force Base in Utah conducted a combat power exercise on Monday with an eye-popping 52 F-35A fighters — an exercise that included an ...

The Air Force 388th Fighter Wing's 4th Fighter Squadron completed ... According to a release, the exercise, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, integrated the F-35A as a large friendly "Blue Force ...

Gavry Strelka, 9, watches the 388th Fighter Wing Attack Demo streak by in F-35As during the Warriors Over the Wasatch Air and Space Show at Hill Air Force Base on Saturday, June 23, 2018.

In a notable achievement, Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing have successfully restored an F ... to salvage an aircraft damaged in a nose gear collapse in 2020 at Hill Air Force Base, while the other ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – How do you make a 51-foot-long, 35-foot-wide fighter jet ... Francis Annett, 388th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight NCOIC. "Because of the LO technology ...