An F-16 Fighting Falcon piloted by Capt. Michael Lutmer and loaded with 500-pound GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munitions awaits clearance to take off from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2008. Two F-16 pilots with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron executed the first-ever combat employment of a GBU-54, Aug. 12, 2008, against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to support a combined Iraqi army and U.S. Marine operation. Captain Lutmer, a pilot with the 77th EFS, is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.
| Date Taken: | 08.15.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 08.27.2008 09:33 |
| Photo ID: | 111238 |
| VIRIN: | 080815-F-0620E-021 |
| Resolution: | 2729x1183 |
| Size: | 1.73 MB |
| Location: | BALAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 499 |
| Downloads: | 99 |
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