Sentences with phrase «ordnance air blast»

The GBU - 43 / B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, sometimes grimly called the «Mother of All Bombs» because of its acronym, was loaded onto a pallet, flown in a C - 130 cargo plane, then dragged out the back of the plane — pallet included — by a parachute.

The bomb, the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, whose acronym inspired the nickname «Mother of All Bombs,» is the largest nonnuclear bomb in the US's arsenal.