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Air Force

NNSA Delivering Rehabbed B61 Bombs to Air Force for F-35 Nuke Mission

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Friday, September 29th, 2023

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NNSA Delivering Rehabbed B61 Bombs to Air Force for F-35 Nuke Mission

An F-35 drops an inert B61-12 nuclear bomb. (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Deliveries of the B61-12 nuclear bomb that eventually will be carried by the Air Force F-35A Joint Strike Fighter are underway, the National Nuclear Security Administration told sister publication Exchange Monitor. The Nuclear Weapons Council authorized B61-12 Life Extension Program entry into Phase 6.6, which marks full rate production, in June 2022, an NNSA spokesperson said in an email. “NNSA is meeting its required B61-12 deliveries to the Department of Defense,” the NNSA said. The spokesperson referred questions about shipment…

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