HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (ABC4) — The F-35A Lightning II, also known as “Frankenjet” due to its construction from two separate, damaged aircraft, has returned home to Utah’s Hill Air Force Base.

"This is the first F-35 'Frankin-bird' to date. This is history."The work was done at Hill AFB, with "entirely new, unique specialized tooling, fixtures, and equipment," the 2023 Air Force press ...

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — The US Air Force calls it the “Frankenjet,” a stealth fighter stitched together from the parts of two F-35s wrecked in accidents that is now on duty and combat ready.

Then on June 8, 2020, the nose landing gear on another F-35A, known as AF-211, failed on landing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, resulting in severe damage to that warplane, according to reports ...

The F-35A Lightning II, dubbed a “Frankenjet” and assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing, returns to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, on March 26, 2025. - Capt. Nathan Poblete/US Air Force ...

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Two days later, on March 6, the Sacramento District hosted its second annual stakeholder meeting at Hill Air Force Base. Col. Chad Caldwell and the district team met with commanders and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — An investigation into whether workers at a Hill Air Force Base daycare abused kids there has been forwarded to prosecutors, according to parents of some of the children who may ...