From the U.S. Government Accountability Office, www.gao.gov Transcript for: Flight Test of a B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Description: The National Nuclear Security Administration and Air Force conduct a flight test as part of the production engineering phase of the B61-12 Life Extension Program, which consolidates four current versions of the B61 nuclear bomb into a new version known as the B61-12. Footage provided by Sandia National Laboratories. Related GAO Work: GAO-18-456: B61-12 Nuclear Bomb: Cost Estimate for Life Extension Incorporated Best Practices, and Steps Being Taken to Manage Remaining Program Risks Released: May 2018 [ First Screen ] GAO Logo [ Second Screen ] Text: Flight test of a B61-12 test unit, conducted in March 2017 [ Third Screen ] Text: Mock Weapon is loaded on an F-16 (Two people in uniforms mounting a rocket under the wing of a military jet) [ Fourth Screen ] Text: In control: the tower at Tonopah Test Range (Two men sitting in front of computer monitors displays) [ Fifth Screen ] Text: Spin rocket motor ignites as mock weapon drops Text: Mock weapon falls onto Tonopah [ Sixth Screen ] Video of jet flying overhead dropping a rocket. Rocket falls to the earth. Text: F-16 heads for home Jet flies past a desert landscape. [ Final Screen ] Video fades to black. Text: Footage provided by Sandia National Laboratories