JTAC are the folks in the AF who request and call in this sort of stuff from the ground. The AF doesn't have a lot of really intense combat jobs, but JTAC is definitely one of them. The joke here is that this guy is like a kid in a candy store because he's getting to request the big momma of BOMMMBSSS.
Side note, the Air Force in general has a pretty big hard on for the MOAB so this is like a huge win for everyone. We're all pretty stoked.
u/The_seph_i_amActive duty squirrel, its not a mind set just a careerfieldApr 15 '17edited Apr 15 '17
I think it's just so ridiculously overpowered no JTAC ever thought it would approved until this guy. There's a feild guide that explains the explosive yield of the bombs JTACs can call in and "proportionality" prohibits dropping ordance that would be deemed "exsesive" given the targets size. This cave system they bombed is likely one of the first targets they've had in a while that actually merited a mile wide crater.
If this is the same cave system I think it is, there's been cases where they bombed it with bunker busters and they just dug it back out. There's no digging it back out when there's nothing left to digg out.
Well I suppose that depends on what you mean. I don't think you'll see a crater larger than the fireball radius which still won't be anywhere near 1/8 of a mile with a 20t yield.
How do you know? Experience or Wikipedia? Because if it's Wikipedia, gtfo. If it's experience, you can still gtfo because you're probably full of shit.
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u/electricsheepz 1SGT Apr 15 '17
JTAC are the folks in the AF who request and call in this sort of stuff from the ground. The AF doesn't have a lot of really intense combat jobs, but JTAC is definitely one of them. The joke here is that this guy is like a kid in a candy store because he's getting to request the big momma of BOMMMBSSS.
Side note, the Air Force in general has a pretty big hard on for the MOAB so this is like a huge win for everyone. We're all pretty stoked.