F-35

English thumb|An F-35 in flight. Noun en aircraft Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II en Brad Lendon ‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/us/frankenjet-f35-stealth-fighter-us-air-force-intl-hnk-ml/index.html 2025-04-10 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.“’Frankenjet’” is fully operational and ready to support the warfighter,” a report from the military’s F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) said on Wednesday. https://web.archive.org/web/20260222121622/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/us/frankenjet-f35-stealth-fighter-us-air-force-intl-hnk-ml/index.html 22 February 2026 Derived terms en F-35A F-35B F-35C