The C-17As of the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord serve as the Prime Nuclear Airlift Force (PNAF), the only airlift wing that is authorized to transport the Air Force’s nuclear warheads.
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On 27 October 2022, the Biden administration finally released an unclassified version of its long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The classified NPR was…
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The Steadfast Noon exercise will practice employment of non-strategic nuclear weapons, like this unarmed B61-4 nuclear gravity bomb dropped by an F-15E from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath.
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A new Air Force environmental assessment reveals that it considered basing ICBMs in underground railway tunnels––or possibly underwater.
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The US Air Force base at Lakenheath has been added to the list of nuclear weapons storage sites being upgraded in Europe. US Defense Department documents show that NATO…
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Shortly after Russian military forces invaded Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin said that he had ordered Russian nuclear forces on high combat alert – apparently to deter…
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For the first time ever, a nuclear-armed state accidentally launched a missile at another nuclear-armed state. How did this happen?
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India just tested a "new generation” nuclear-capable ballistic missile. We take a deep dive into why the missile is so special, and what it means for India's nuclear forces.
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