Las Vegas Review Journal Sports | 70th anniversary of first Nevada nuclear test

January 27, 2021 - 7:26 am

Seventy years ago, Able, a 1-kiloton device was dropped over Frenchman Flat on January 27th, 1951 by a B-50 Superfortress. The first A-bomb of the Operation Ranger series, Able was also the first nuclear test at the Nevada Proving Ground.