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Afghan A-29 Drops First Laser-Guided Bomb on Taliban
« on: March 29, 2018, 10:44:01 am »

Afghan A-29 Drops First Laser-Guided Bomb on Taliban

Military.com 27 Mar 2018 By Oriana Pawlyk

The Afghan air force has deployed a GBU-58 Paveway II bomb from an A-29 Super Tucano in combat, marking the first time the Afghan military has dropped a laser-guided weapon against the Taliban.

Equipped with both guided and unguided bombs, an A-29 squadron used the GBU-58 on March 22 to destroy a Taliban compound in Farah, near the Iranian border, according to a U.S. Defense Department release.

https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2018/03/27/afghan-29-drops-first-laser-guided-bomb-taliban.html