{"id":69698,"date":"2025-02-05T13:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/usaf-salvages-2-damaged-aircraft-to-create-combat-ready-f-35\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T13:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:57:38","slug":"usaf-salvages-2-damaged-aircraft-to-create-combat-ready-f-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=69698","title":{"rendered":"USAF salvages 2 damaged aircraft to create combat-ready F-35"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The United States Air Force (USAF) was able to successfully restore an F-35A Lightning II using sections from two separate damaged aircraft, returning it to combat mode.<\/p>\n

Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing successfully pieced together two F-35A structures to generate an operational aircraft, which has been named the \u201cFranken-bird\u201d.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFranken-bird\u201d is made from two damaged F-35s. One was damaged during a 2020 nose-gear collapse incident at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, and the other sustained damage following a 2014 engine fire at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.<\/p>\n