Massive Ordnance Penetrator Archives

Whiteman AFB Has Released A Short Clip That Shows A B-2 Dropping Two 30,000-Pound GBU-57 Bunker Buster Bombs

December 21, 2018 David Cenciotti

Last year we found rare footage of a Spirit stealth bomber dropping a GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator. Here’s a clip showing a B-2 dropping two such bombs. As explained in an article we published last […]

We Have Found Ultra Rare Footage Showing A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Dropping A 30,000-Pound Bunker Buster Bomb

October 20, 2017 David Cenciotti

This Is Probably The First Clip Showing The B-2 As It Drops The GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator. The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is the only aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory currently capable to […]

This is what an (unlikely) Air War in North Korea would look like

April 3, 2013 Jacek Siminski

Although defended by an obsolete Air Force made of ex-Soviet fighters and bombers North Korea still operates a decent air defense system featuring: radar system with overlapping coverage and high mobility allowing for shoot-and-scoot tactics, […]

B-52 bombers flying deterrence missions “to show North Korea U.S. resolve to defend South Korea”

March 19, 2013 David Cenciotti

On Mar. 8, a B-52 bomber based at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, flew a mission over South Korea as part of Exercise Foal Eagle. Although Foal Eagle is an annual exercise involving U.S. and […]

Boeing has successfully improved its 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb

January 15, 2013 David Cenciotti

Boeing has successfully improved the performance of the 30,000-lb Massive Ordnance Penetrator. According to Bloomberg’s Tony Capaccio, on his annual report, the Pentagon’s director of operational testing Michael Gilmore has confirmed that tests conducted with […]