The trial included first-of-its-kind thermal preconditioning of the bomb before carriage on an F-35 fighter jet.

As per the reports released by the lab, the test was conducted from August 19 to August 21 at the Tonopah Test Range in ...

The Energy Department and Air Force in August successfully carried out the first tests dropping unarmed B61-12 nuclear ...

The US successfully completed stockpile flight tests of the B61-12 nuclear bomb using the F-35A fighter jet, confirming ...

The U.S. has announced a successful series of flight tests, dropping unarmed B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs from an F-35A stealth fighter at Nevada’s Tonopah Test Range. Conducted in August by Sandia ...

The test took place from August 19 to 21 this year at the Nevada Test Site. F-35 fighter jets delivered and dropped the bombs ...

The United States has completed a series of major B61-12 tactical nuclear bomb tests, ordered under President Trump as part ...

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 ...

Sandia National Laboratories announced last Thursday it conducted a flight test of the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb on an F-35 ...

US Air Force and Energy Department personnel load a pair of unarmed B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs onto an F-35 at Hill Air ...

The newest generation of France's home grown ASMP nuclear cruise missile has been shown for the first time after an unarmed test launch inaugurated its ...

The United States successfully tested a B61-12 tactical thermonuclear bomb without a warhead in August, according to a ...