DUKE FIELD RESERVISTS DROP LAST BLU-82 BOMB
July 30, 2008
July 30, 2008
PENSACOLA, Fla., July 30 -- Naval Air Station Pensacola issued the following news release:
Nicknamed "Commando Vault" in Vietnam and "Daisy Cutter" in Afghanistan, the BLU-82 is a 15,000-pound bomb. Because of its size, the bomb was dropped by parachute from the aircraft.
"We in the Air Force Reserve Command feel fortunate to have been chosen to drop the last operational Daisy Cutter," said Col. Jon Weeks, 919th Special Operations Wing . . .
Nicknamed "Commando Vault" in Vietnam and "Daisy Cutter" in Afghanistan, the BLU-82 is a 15,000-pound bomb. Because of its size, the bomb was dropped by parachute from the aircraft.
"We in the Air Force Reserve Command feel fortunate to have been chosen to drop the last operational Daisy Cutter," said Col. Jon Weeks, 919th Special Operations Wing . . .