Deadliest weapons of US Air Force

A rating of the most deadly weapons of the US Air Force has been released, Report informs via 19fortyfive.

The list also includes the GBU-43/B MOAB, or the Massive Ordnance Air Blast, often referred to as the "mother of all bombs." The Air Force first tested it in 2003, and it was first used in 2017 against an ISIS-K cave complex in Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan.

The article's author, Brent M. Eastwood, a former US Army Infantry officer, noted that there are believed to be about 15 MOABs in the US arsenal. It weighs almost 22,000 pounds (10 metric tons) and is carried by an MC-130E Combat Talon.

The list also includes B-2 Stealth Bomber.

Northrop Grumman claims it built all the components for the B-2 from scratch.

In most US conflicts, the B-2 goes in first. It can fly from the United States and get refueled, drop its bombs on other continents, and then return home. That means it can fly 10,000 nautical miles on one refueling.

The B-2 holds the record for the longest air combat mission in history. It did an early Afghanistan mission in 2001 that lasted 44 hours.

Its wingspan is half the length of a football field.

Then comes F-35, a fifth-generation multi-role stealth fighter plane. It also has variations for the Marine Corps and Navy. The F-35 can carry 18,000 pounds (over eight metric tons) of ordnance.

The F-22 Raptor, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft concluded the list.