F-35A

English Noun 1 en aircraft A CTOL variant of the F-35. 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 has 383 F-35As in its fleet, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.The F-35A is one of the three versions of the US military’s stealth fighter. The Marine Corps flies the F-35B – a short take-off, vertical landing aircraft – and the Navy flies the F-35C, designed for aircraft carrier operations. https://web.archive.org/web/20250428001438/https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/us/frankenjet-f35-stealth-fighter-us-air-force-intl-hnk-ml/index.html