Late last month, Frankenjet was flown back to Hill AFB and assigned to the 338th Fighter Wing, the same unit AF-211 had originally belonged to. The military statement put the cost of the ...

Working with the 388th Fighter Wing Maintenance Group and the defense manufacturer Lockheed Martin, they sought to remove the nose from one inoperative jet and transfer it onto another ...

The rebuilt jet flew for the first time in January 2025 and has since been assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB. “This is the first F-35 ‘Frankin-bird’ to date. This is history ...