The inert test units were supported by aircraft generation from Hill Air Force Base in Utah and followed the NNSA’s ...
The trial included first-of-its-kind thermal preconditioning of the bomb before carriage on an F-35 fighter jet.
The 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is this week. It was the only time nuclear warheads were used during war. Here’s a look at the history and current U.S. stockpile.