US EditionWatch the US Air Force Load Inert Nuclear Bombs in F-35 for Tests
These tests completed the most B61-12 flight testing surveillance scope in a year, verifying performance and survivability of the bomb on the F-35A, officials said.
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Defense NewsWatch the US Air Force load inert nuclear bombs in F-35 for tests
US Air Force and Energy Department personnel load a pair of unarmed B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs onto an F-35 at Hill Air Force Base on Aug. 19 for testing.The Energy Department and Air Force in August successfully carried out the first tests dropping unarmed B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs from an F-35A fighter, the laboratory in charge of overseeing nuclear weapons said this week.Sandia National Laboratories said in a Thursday release that it, al…
Sandia National Laboratories, in conjunction with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), carried out a series of flight tests of the strategic arsenal in the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada. The operations, which had logistical support and aircraft generation from the Hill Air Force base in Utah, were developed [...] U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Hunts entry successfully completed nuclear bomb tests B61-12 aparece primero en Zona Mi…
F-35 Conducts B61-12 Stockpile Flight Tests
The F-35 Lightning II was used in August 2025 to successfully evaluate three B61-12 test assets during a multi-day test campaign. Sandia National Laboratories and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) just disclosed that a B61-12 stockpile flight test campaign took place in August 2025. The successful testing was conducted at Tonopah Test Range, Nevada, […]
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