The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, known informally as the Mother of All Bombs, is a large-yield conventional bomb developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory and first tested in 2003. It saw its first combat use on 13 April 2017, when the United States Air Force dropped one on an Islamic State facility in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan; only 15 have been built, at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma.
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Weapon Class Introduced Year Classification
Service Status Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)Grenade / Explosive Device 2 Connections
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Infobox: service
2003-present
- Operated By: United States Air Force, infobox used_by/operator field: 'United States Air Force'
Used In: War in Afghanistan (2001-2021), Infobox: wars
War in Afghanistan
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The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB, , colloquially given as the Mother of All Bombs) is a large-yield bomb, developed for the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts, Jr. of the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Testing section
The MOAB was first tested with the explosive tritonal on 11 March 2003, on Range 70 located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
Lead section
It was first tested in 2003.
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
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