Staff Sgts. Michael Jackson and Anthony Bagen align a 500-pound GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition before connecting it to an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Aug. 14, 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. Sgt. Bagen, a weapons load crew chief with the 77th EFS, is originally from Tampa, Fla. Sgt. Jackson, a weapons load crew member with the 77th EFS, is originally from Union Springs, Ala. Both are deployed here from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.
| Date Taken: | 08.14.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 08.27.2008 09:35 |
| Photo ID: | 111239 |
| VIRIN: | 080814-F-3188G-039 |
| Resolution: | 2616x1664 |
| Size: | 2.55 MB |
| Location: | BALAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 595 |
| Downloads: | 115 |
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