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Balad warfighters unleash new weapon against insurgents

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgts. Michael Jackson and Anthony Bagen load a GBU-54 Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon here Aug. 14. Two F-16 pilots with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here executed the first-ever combat employment of a GBU-54 Aug. 12 against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to support a combined Iraqi army and U.S. Marine operation. Sergeant Bagen, a weapons load crew chief with the 77th EFS, is originally from Tampa, Fla. Sergeant Jackson, a weapons load crewmember with the 77th EFS, is originally from Union Springs, Ala. Both are deployed here from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

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