NATO: Dutch F-35 Squadron 1st In Europe To Be Responsible For Nuclear Strike

The Netherlands has just announced that it has fully transitioned to using the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for its nuclear sharing role. This is a long-anticipated move as The Netherlands retires and replaces its aging fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons with modern fifth-generation F-35s. Many of its old F-16s have been pledged to Ukraine and are expected to start arriving in the country soon. While The Netherlands is not a nuclear state, it does operate a limited number of American B61-12 thermonuclear bombs under a nuclear sharing agreement.