SSgts. Michael Jackson and Anthony Bagen align a 500-pound GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition before connecting it to an F-16C at Balad AB on August 14th, 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 USMC operation. Sgt. Bagen is a weapons load crew chief, Sgt. Jackson is a weapons load crewmember. [USAF photo by TSgt. Erik Gudmundson]
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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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