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US Fighter Jets Capable Of Carrying Nuclear Weapons To Be Deployed In UK

Handout photo dated August 22, 2016 shows 33rd Fighter Wing F-35As taxi down the flightline at Volk Field, Wis., USA, during Northern Lightning. The UK media reports that two F-35A squadrons have already been deployed and will soon arrive at the US-leased Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath in England. These are low-visibility aircraft designed to deliver tactical nuclear strikes; they are also capable of conducting air-to-air combat tasks and gathering intelligence. Military sources stress that deploying 54 F-35 fighter jets, which will replace the F-15s currently at the air base, is a "significant step" because the F-15s are also capable of carrying nuclear weapons but are less advanced. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer via ABACAPRESS.COM

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F-35A stealth fighter

File photo taken in January 2018 shows a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force F-35A stealth fighter at Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Japan resumed flights of F-35As on Aug. 1, 2019, after having suspended them since a fatal crash on April 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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F-35A stealth jet

File photo taken in January 2018, shows an F-35A stealth fighter at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Misawa base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan. One of the ASDF's 13 F-35As crashed into the Pacific Ocean about two months ago, leaving the remaining 12 grounded, but they will resume flights soon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo