USAF F-16C block 50 #93-0552 from the 55th FS, piloted by Capt. Michael Lutmer and loaded with 500-pound GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions, awaits clearance to take off from Balad AB on August 15th, 2008. Two F-16 pilots with the 77th EFS executed the first-ever combat employment of a GBU-54 on August 12th against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to support a combined Iraqi army and U.S. Marine operation. [USAF photo by A1C. Jason Epley]
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News: Balad F-16s unleash new weapon against mobile insurgent targets [2008-08-27]
Coalition air forces in Iraq unleashed a new precision guided weapon against anti-Iraqi forces August 12.
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