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, taxies toward a runway at 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 SSgt. Don Branum]
See also: Balad F-16s unleash new weapon against mobile insurgent targets
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