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Air Force Wraps Up B61-12 Test Regimen on F35-A

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Air Force Wraps Up B61-12 Test Regimen on F35-A

Air Force pilots in F-35A aircraft recently wrapped up the final two of 10 guided release tests to certify the jet to carry the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, the Air Force said Monday in a press release. Two F-35A Lightning II aircraft, piloted by the The 422nd and 59th Test and Evaluation Squadrons, took off from Nellis Air Force Base and dropped the inert bomb mockups at Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah Test Range. The drops are supposed to be the…

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