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SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Nikolas Mertz, with the 366th Explosive Munitions Squadron (EMS), from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, re-packs a GBU-12 laser guided bomb guidance system after checking the accuracy of the seeker head

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Antonne Burgess, with the 366th Explosive Munitions Squadron (EMS), from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, checks a GBU-12 laser guided bomb guidance system for accuracy

Aviation Ordnanceman Airman William Blankenship removes fins from GBU-12 laser guided bomb for inspection inside a weapons magazine.

Aviation Ordnancemen load a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb onto a F/A-18C Hornet .

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Mark Kirchner, of Foyil, Okla., installs fins on the guidance unit of a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb loaded on an F/A-18C Hornet.

Aviation Ordnanceman ensures that stabilizers on the guidance portion of a 500 lb. GBU-12 laser-guided bomb are installed correctly

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Victor Samaguey completes a breakout and reconfiguration sheet on a GBU-12 laser guided bomb.

A member of the 9th Division Artillery checks a spotting scope for accuracy after the firing of a round of ammunition from a howitzer

A GBU-22 Paveway III laser-guided bomb approaches a target during a test

The precision guided munitions shop re-inspects GBU-12 laser guided bomb guidance systems for accuracy on arrival. AIM-9 Sidewinders sit on resting cradles

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Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM

Country: Southwest Asia

Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Dave Nolan, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Derek Warren, with the 555th Fighter Squadron (FS), secures the lanyard on a Guided Bomb Unit-12 (GBU-12) Paveway II on a pylon during a Quarterly Weapons Load Competition

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A US Air Force (USAF) F-16J Fighting Falcon fighter from the 78th Fighter Squadron (FS), carries a Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) system and is fitted with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AGM-88 HARM (mid-wing) and AIM-120 AMRAAM Slammer missiles on its wingtips, flies near the Iraqi border in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

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SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Johnston (left) and AIRMAN First Class Michael Carroll attaches a MXU650 tail fin to a GBU12 laser guided bomb during the Initial Response Readiness Exercise/Combat Employment Readiness (IRRE/CERE) exercise at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The quarterly exercise tests the 51st Fighter Wing's ability to respond to combat situations

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