The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center has commenced early risk-reduction work to arm the Joint Strike Fighter with a strategic weapon, the first steps in integrating the B61-12 Life Extension Program with the F-35A in an effort to give the service's newest combat aircraft a nuclear capability early in the next decade. According to Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick, the service plans later this year to conduct the initial flight tests that will check the fit of the B61-12 on...