Caption:
An F-16 Fighting Falcon piloted by Capt. Michael Lutmer and loaded with
500-pound guided bomb unit-54 laser joint direct attack munitions
awaits clearance to take off Aug. 15 from Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Two
F-16 pilots with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here employed
a GBU-54 Aug. 12 against a moving enemy vehicle in Diyala province to
support a combined Iraqi army and U.S. Marine operation. Captain Lutmer
is a pilot with the 77th EFS and deployed from Shaw Air Force Base,
S.C. U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason
Epley (RELEASED)
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