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

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

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 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 ...

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 Pentagon says it wants a higher-yield nuclear-gravity bomb based on the B61-12 design. The stated purpose of the B61-13 would be to offer more capability against especially hardened facilities, ...

The B61-12 nuclear bomb is now formally in the U.S. stockpile and cleared for operational use on the B-2A Spirit stealth bomber. It's the first U.S. combat aircraft cleared to employ the advanced B61 ...

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

The Department of Defense will pursue the creation of a new nuclear gravity bomb as long as Congress authorizes and appropriates funds for the project. Pending Congress’s approval, which relevant ...

The testing of the new nuclear weapon is continuing with the integration on the Spirit stealth bomber. The U.S. Air Force recently released on the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service ...

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