F-4D 497th TFS with BOLT-117s 1971

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USAF

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A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4D Phantom II from the 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, taxies at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force base in 1971. The aircraft is armed with two BOLT-117 (BOmb, Laser Terminal-117). The BOLT-117 was later redesignated as the GBU-1/B (Guided Bomb Unit) and was the world's first laser guided bomb. The aircraft and carries a AN/ALQ-72 jamming pod under the wings, and a strike camera in the forward left missile bay.

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Public domain

Credit:

U.S. Air Force photo from Dana Bell: Air War over Vietnam III. London, Arms&Armour Press 1983, p. 28. ISBN 0-85368-607-6. Cited as USAF photo.

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