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F-35 “Franken-Bird” Being Made From Two Badly Damaged Jets

Building a single F-35 out of two damaged ones underscores how precious the jets are and lessons learned can be useful in other applications.

BYJOSEPH TREVITHICK|PUBLISHED DEC 1, 2023 5:44 PM EST

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Large sections of two U.S. Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighters that were seriously damaged in separate accidents years ago are being grafted together into a single fully operational jet. The hope is that the process of creating this aircraft, which has been nicknamed the "Franken-bird," will demonstrate new equipment and procedures and help improve and expand the U.S. military's capacity to repair or repurpose severely damaged F-35s in the future.

The Franken-bird is being assembled at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex (OALC) at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The F-35 Joint Project Office (JPO) is leading the project in cooperation with multiple units within the OALC, as well as Hill's resident 388th Fighter Wing and the Joint Strike Fighter's manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The 388th is one of the Air Force's main F-35 units.

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