GBU-43/B MOAB
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The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory. It was first tested in 2003. At
GBU-43/B on display at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. Note the grid fins.
Al Weimorts (right), creator of the GBU-43/B MOAB, and Joseph Fellenz, lead model maker, look over the still unpainted prototype.
BLU-82
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The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, known under program "Commando Vault" and nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" in Vietnam for its ability to flatten a section of forest into a helicopter landing zone, was an Amer
GBU-43/B MOAB
…2017 airstrike against an Islamic State – Khorasan Province tunnel complex in Achin District, Afghanistan. The basic principle resembles that of the BLU-82 Daisy Cutter, which was used to clear heavily wooded areas in the Vietnam War. Decades later, the BLU-82 was used in Afghanistan in November 2001 against…
A 15,000 lb BLU-82/B on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
An MC-130E from the 711th Special Operations Squadron, 919th Special Operations Wing, drops the last operational BLU-82 bomb at the Utah Test and Training Range on July 15, 2008.
Detonation of the last BLU-82