The B61 bomb’s reported yield will be adjustable to between 0.3 and 50 kilotons. A kiloton is the equivalent of 1,000 tons of ...

The milestone was achieved earlier than planned — the U.S. Air Force had previously announced that it aimed to have the F-35A certified to carry the B61-12 by January 2024. It’s unclear ...

The head administrator of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, Jill Hruby, seems to have confirmed the transfer of new U.S. nuclear bombs to air bases in ...

In a speech last week, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Jill Hruby, said "the new B61-12 gravity bombs are fully forward deployed". She added that they had ...

The air base hosts an estimated 20 to 30 B61 nuclear bombs. A military aircraft is pictured on the runway at Incirlik Air Base, near the city of Adana, southeastern Turkey, on July 28, 2015.

The Energy Department recently finished modernizing the B61-12 nuclear bomb, extending its service life by at least 20 years. Devan Halstead, U.S. Air Force ...