It provides the United States and NATO with critical capabilities earlier than expected that support Washington’s commitment to extended deterrence.
The F-35A strike fighter has been officially certified to carry the B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bomb. Russ Homer, a representative of the F-35 Joint Program Office, writes about it, writes Breaking Defense.
“The F-35A is the first fifth-generation aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons, and the first new platform to achieve this status since the early 1990s. This nuclear certification effort for the F- 35 is the culmination of more than 10 years of intensive effort across the nuclear enterprise.” which includes 16 different government and industry stakeholders,” Gomere said.
He argues that this, sooner than predicted, gives the United States and NATO critical capabilities that support Washington’s extended deterrence commitments.
The F-35A is certified to carry only the new B61-12 variant, which will replace older models. The certification does not apply to the stealth aircraft’s sister variants, the short takeoff and vertical landing F-35B and the carrier-launched F-35C.
It was previously reported that the first NATO airbase in the Western Balkans began operating in Albania. The former Soviet air base will serve as a training ground and will also house fighter jets.
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