The MOAB received international attention before the war when the U.S. Air Force tested it at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, in March.

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One of those surprises came during a visit to Eglin Air Force Base on the Florida panhandle, where he went to see the old-growth long-leaf pine forest.

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In the 2004 election, the three counties closest to Eglin Air Force base all gave George W. Bush over 70 percent of their votes, as did Clay County near Naval Air Station Jacksonville (which had over 20, 000 military and civilian workers on-site).

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Only last month, it fired one in the Gulf of Mexico towards a test range at the Eglin US Air Force Base in western Florida.

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