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Bomb bay

The bomb bay or weapons bay on some military aircraft is a compartment to carry bombs, usually in the aircraft's fuselage, with "bomb bay doors" which open at the bottom. The bomb bay doors are opened and the bombs are dropped when over the target or at a specified launching point.

Usage examples of "bomb bay".

The old bomber shuddered as the huge bomb bay doors yawned open underneath its fuselage.

Along with the bombs waiting in the bomb bay, it carried five 20mm cannon and five more machine guns.

With the forward bomb bay holding the six-ton atomic bomb and carrying a crew of twelve, the plane is seventeen thousand pounds overweight.

Now, though, with its huge white bomb bay doors open, it was like a diamond in a goat's ass.

At that same moment, he felt a jolt and a rumble as the last Kh-73 laser-guided bomb fell free from the bomb bay.

So to provide oxygen while they were in the bomb bay a large oxygen tank had been installed and tubes run to each of their masks.

The much larger tower that was Thrust Bomb Bay 1 had a chewed look.

The bomber wasn't stealthy with its bomb bay open, but that only took a few seconds before—.